Bafana Bafana are still alive at the World Cup, Gerda Steyn and George Kusche rewrite Comrades history, Lewis Hamilton makes Ferrari red feel dangerous again, and the Bulls face Leinster with another chance to turn consistency into silverware.

Bafana Bafana’s World Cup opener has left South Africans furious. Thabiso Sithole and Vata Ngobeni unpack the lack of heart, the tactical questions, the SAFA mess that may be showing up on the pitch, African support for Mexico, and why FIFA’s access problems are already turning this World Cup into a storm.

Bafana face Mexico, SAFA faces more scrutiny, fans face World Cup costs, and South African sport faces a week where belief must finally become performance.