Sport Matters

Vibrant. . . Part of Yaounde's centre shows a busy city getting somewhere. The Cameroonian capital will host Bafana Bafana's next 2014 World Cup qualifier against CAR on Saturday. THE cancellation of flights anywhere in the world normally inconveniences travelers, and the Afrophobia bile spewed by South Africans on social and electronic media after Bafana Bafana were stranded in Douala, Cameroon, this week was uncalled for. The extreme views expressed by South African fans on hearing that the SA football team’s connecting flight to the match venue in the capital Yaounde was cancelled demonstrated the fear and hatred my countrymen harbour for the continent. The late cancellation of the scheduled flight could have been for security reasons, and therefore aimed at safeguarding Bafana’s safe passage to their destination. However, without waiting for any clarity, South Africans just concluded the cancellation was intended. It is sad that in 2013 we still use our misplaced