Rising Star
Soccer City
•
3m 43s
Patrick is something of a celebrity in Alex, particularly with the young bar-going crowd and who can blame them. Everyone wants to play soccer professionally and he's doing it! Yet behind the glamour are the sometimes dark and always challenging realities of growing up in Alex.
Up Next in Soccer City
-
Rough Diamonds
Meet sixty-nine year-old Jacob "Babes" Bopape. He is a true man of the people, a product of apartheid South Africa, and an incredibly articulate wealth of information both historical and current. Babes tell us his story and shows us the challenges facing the youth of South Africa.
-
Soweto City Cup
Patrick Phunwayo is one of just five professional soccer players from Alex. Meet and hear from his coach, a former English Premier League player, as he gives us a tour of one of the most exciting new development systems in South Africa during the Soweto City Cup.
-
Superstar
Meet one of the most famous former professional soccer players in the history of South Africa, Isaac "Shakes" Kungwane. Shakes shows us where it all started for him and what it was like to achieve every kid's dream of playing soccer professionally. His glory days are long gone though and the ques...
