In South Africa we have watched a quiet but relentless slide into lawlessness. Jumping traffic lights has become commonplace. Driving under the influence is often treated lightly. Pedestrians cross roads with little regard for the danger. Informal settlements spring up overnight on any open piece of land. Illegal electricity connections are no longer treated as serious offences - they are simply accepted as part of daily life. Informal traders claim pavements and intersections as their own. Prisoners somehow manage to keep smartphones. Driving without a licence is widespread.
One could go on forever. The point is simple: there has been a clear breakdown in law and order.
On the surface, the relaxation of rules is understandable. For decades, harsh and often humiliating laws targeted black South Africans in particular. So society swung from one extreme to the other, from rigid control to an “anything goes” environment.
In many ways this chaos is presented as freedom, the freedom that was denied to the majority for so long. We even open our borders to illegal immigration with the argument: “They took us in when we were running from the apartheid police.” A noble memory, but a problematic policy.
I once listened to a Minister of Correctional Services speaking about prisoners. The minister spoke much like a principal talking about learners, our collective duty to help them reach their full potential. The fact that some of these individuals were rapists, hardened killers and career criminals seemed to fade behind the focus on rehabilitation. We appear to have confused ordinary criminals with the political prisoners of the past. In our emphasis on ubuntu there is often little room left for the discipline that law and order require. It is as if, as a nation, we struggle to hold both compassion and consequences together.
This confused state is not progressive. It is setting us backwards. I know of no country that has ever become successful on a foundation of chaos. We urgently need to strike the right balance, one that honours our painful history without using it as a permanent excuse to abandon the very rules that keep a society from falling apart. #ProudlySA
Thank You, Coach Hugo Broos. A Grateful Nation Salutes You. 🇿🇦💚💛⚽️
Coach, today, as you step down from your role as Head Coach of Bafana Bafana, we want to pause and extend our deepest, most heartfelt gratitude for everything you have poured into South African football.
⚽️ Bafana Bafana vs South Korea
📅 Thursday, 25 June 2026
🏟️ Monterrey Stadium, Mexico
🕕 Kick-off: 03:00am SA Time
🖥 SABC 1/3 & SABC+
#Fifaworldcup#BafanaPride#BafanaBafana
“….I think we can succeed” - Hugo Broos. #FifaTeam Feature: South Africa | Hugo Broos Prepares Bafana Bafana For A Cru... https://t.co/nzHnyh5EPC via @YouTube
Group A character:
Mariachi home ground advantage🇲🇽
Big 5 Shoe shine & piano flair🇿🇦
90 min kimchi pressure cooker 🇰🇷and
Prague castle Set piece discipline 🇨🇿 #fifa#bafanakaofela
🇿🇦 Bafana Bafana's starting line up against Czechia 🇨🇿
⚽ Czechia vs Bafana Bafana
📅 Thursday, 18 June 2026
🏟️ Atlanta Stadium
🕕 Kick-off: 18:00
🖥 SABC1, SABC 3 & SABC Sport
#Fifaworldcup#BafanaPride#BafanaBafana
“….I think we can succeed” - Hugo Broos. #FifaTeam Feature: South Africa | Hugo Broos Prepares Bafana Bafana For A Cru... https://t.co/nzHnyh5EPC via @YouTube
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⚽ Czechia vs Bafana Bafana
📅 Thursday, 18 June 2026
🏟️ Atlanta Stadium, Georgia
🕕 Kick-off: 18:00 (SA Time)
#BafanaPride#BafanaBafana#FIFAWorldCup
Group A character:
Mariachi home ground advantage🇲🇽
Big 5 Shoe shine & piano flair🇿🇦
90 min kimchi pressure cooker 🇰🇷and
Prague castle Set piece discipline 🇨🇿 #fifa#bafanakaofela
Top of Group D! 🇿🇦🔥
The Amajimbos are leading the pack after the first round of matches in the U-17 AFCON! Let's keep the momentum going as the boys prepare for their next big clash.
Next Match...
⚽ South Africa 🇿🇦 vs. Algeria 🇩🇿
🗓️ 17 May 2026
⏰ Time: 18:00 SA Time
🖥 CAF TV Youtube
📸 Source: CAF
#Amajimbos #AFCONU17