At this stage in the discourse of the country, there were reports of changing the name from South Africa to Azania and changing the flag. As we know now, the name never changed but the flag did.

South Africa's tallest national flag is unfurled in all its flapping, snapping, cracking glory atop a 60-metre pole mounted in the centre of Gqeberha, or a kilometre-and-a-half from St George's Park.

Former Kaizer Chiefs defender Siyabonga Ngezana celebrated on the pitch with a South African flag after FCSB – formely Steaua Bucharest – booked their place in last 16 of the Europa League on ...