From Berlin to London, Salomon Kalou has lived derby life — yet it’s South Africa’s league, its stadiums and its homegrown pride that have genuinely caught his attention.
As Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates built towards another high-stakes Soweto Derby, admiration arrived from beyond South Africa’s borders — and it is coming from one of Africa’s most travelled footballers.
Salomon Kalou was back on local soil this week, attending the Soweto Derby launch ahead of Saturday’s league clash at FNB Stadium. For a man who has tasted football’s fiercest rivalries across Europe, the occasion offered more than nostalgia — it offered perspective.
Kalou’s career took him through some of the…
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An retired elderly couple visit London..
They get picked up from the airport in a london black cab and head off into the city for some adventure.
The cab driver say \”where you from guvnor?
Husband. \”we\’re from South Africa\”..
The wife is a little hard of hearing asks her husband.
\”What did he say?\”
The husband turns to his wife and says louder \”the cab driver asked us where we were from, I told him South Africa!\”
The cabbie continues \”I was in the merchant navy years back… I got to drop anchor down your way, a few times in Johannesburg\”
The husband replies \”oh wow that\’s where we\’re from originally, now we\’re in Cape Town.\”
The wife asks the husband again \”what did he say?\”.
The husband again relays the unheard conversation \”the cab driver says he spent some time in the navy and went down to joberg\”.
The wife smiles and nods.
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Syria: You have two cows. They have been fighting for as long as you remember, but it is hard to remember anyway, because you are in Sweden.