Khabo Zitha - Banyana Banyana Legend who is now a Correctional Services officer and coach, started playing soccer at a young age, she started playing with boys and at the age of 16 was invited to play for Soweto Ladies. "I used to save money to travel to Soweto for training and games. As a girl child, I had chores to do at home, my friends would come help me finish everything in order for us to go play football", said Khabo. After years of playing football, she was injured and could not play football anymore, however her passion for football did not stop there. She is now coaching a male football team at Zonderwater Correctional Services, has he own female soccer team and Foundation. "We will not let you down, support women's football. Please!" - Khabo Zitha Get to know how Khabo Zitha started playing soccer: Khabo: Started playing football in the streets of Mamelodi when I was doing Standard 3 (Grade 5), I was the one that always had a soccer ball (made of pl
Voice of the 12th Player....... "What many non-sport lovers fail to realise is that football is not just a sport. Especially in South Africa. In a country where so many are unemployed and strangled by poverty, those 90 minutes when South Africans get to watch their idols battle it out on the field are some of the happiest times of their lives." ~ Nikolaos Kirkinis