SA win could spark a paradigm shift

The women's team received widespread praise for drowing giants, Banyana Banyana. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The women's team received widespread praise for drowing giants, Banyana Banyana. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Women in sport's voice for equal recognition has grown louder in recent years. In most instances, the cries have fallen on deaf ears as women continue to play a distant second to men. But the Mares' significant win over South Africa's feared Banyana Banyana this week, could be the catalyst needed to accelerate a paradigm shift, writes MQONDISI DUBE

The Mares, the women’s national team, arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday, amidst the strong smell of blood on the streets of the country’s economic hub.

South Africa, which has endured a difficult history, is going through a familiar, but disturbing phase, with foreign nationals being the targets of brutal xenophobic attacks.

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