There were thousands of flags and vuvuzelas amongst the estimated 185000 people (and me) that stood on the sides (and the middle) of the streets of Sandton and cheered for Bafana Bafana today.  It was a blast!!

After wandering the streets for a while, trying to capture the “gees” (which means spirit for those non-saffers who have been wondering on Twitter what the G’s were for), Henti and I managed to perch on top of RMB’s waterfall for a bird’s eye view of the goings on… we froze in the process because the spot was in the shade… and in hindsight, we probably would have been better off roaming the crowds but anyhoo.

We waited forever for Bafana to actually appear on an open-topped bus, outside the Sandton Southern Sun Hotel… and I must admit that it was a little disappointing when they finally appeared and then disappeared down the street.  So much so, that a lot of the crowd actually dispersed before they came back.  I’m glad I waited though, because the atmosphere when they did eventually come back, was quite something!  It was well worth the wait.

I felt it, I was there…

The crowd got all excited when this bus arrived, only to see that it was the Netherlands team arriving in Sandton

And finally, Bafana Bafana appeared on the bus

The flags on RMB’s building are JUST magnificent


These dudes wearing masks and makarapas were leading the parade

I just LOVED the way this vuvuzela was decorated
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Captain of the team… Aaron Mokoena

Some of the players

The bus with players was filled with local celebrities, including Cindy Nel

The only problem is… I have no idea who the players are apart from Matthew Booth and the captain, Aaron Mokoena.  LOL!

I’ve put more photos in an album on my Facebook page.