Mama Joy Celebrates Bafana Bafana, Wins Fan-of-the-Match, SA Divided: “Waste of Taxpayer Monies”

Mama Joy Celebrates Bafana Bafana, Wins Fan-of-the-Match, SA Divided: “Waste of Taxpayer Monies”

  • South Africa's sports fanatic, Mama Joy has been named fan of the match after Bafana Bafana's win against Morrocco
  • The national soccer team beat Morocco by 2-0, securing a place in the AFCON quarterfinals
  • The online users were divided with Mama Joy's recognition, some saying it's a waste of tax payer's money
Mama Joy was named fan of the match after Bafana won against Morocco, her recognition left South Africa divided.
Mama Joy's recognition as a fan of the match left a bitter-sweet taste in South Africa. Images: @Rabbitking007/ Twitter, @BafanaBafana/ Twitter
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South Africa's Mama Joy has been named fan of the match in the recent Bafana Bafana face-off with Morocco.

However, her recognition has received mixed reactions from South Africans. Some were happy for her, and some were not, saying that their tax money was being wasted. Mama Joy took to her Twitter account to celebrate the news.

"Congratulations to Mamajoy of South -Africa ⁦⁦@zizikodwa @CyrilRamaphosa @PresidencyZA @ChrisExcel102. Afcon thank you Bafana Bafana @BafanaBafana."

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Mama Joy has been known to be a huge fanatic for South African sports teams. It is rare not to see her at big sports matches that involve the country's teams, whether they're taking place locally or abroad.

Mama Joy perfectly predicts Bafana Bafana's victory

In one clip, the country's sports supporter predicted that Bafana would win 2-0 against Morocco, and her prediction was spot on. The South African national soccer team won 2-0. The win secured Bafana a place in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) quarterfinals this weekend.

Watch the Twitter prediction video below:

Social media users share mixed feelings

Mama Joy's post received over 100k views, with online users sharing their thoughts on her achievement.

@•The Enemy• ™ unhappily asked:

"What are you congratulating yourself for doing?"

@zee martinho not so please:

"Congratulations for what? Yet another holiday at our tax payers expense?"

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@ProChitje urged:

"MamaJoy we are not watching Bafana Bafana because of Loadshedding, the President and Minister of Sport are not doing anything, talk to Zizi to show leadership unless he's serving Mafia obligations too!"

@slindilendou_ commented:

"Papa Joy must be proud....when is he coming to watch the game with you here at home "

@VilakaziMark asked:

"How much will you get?"

@landsl_de said:

"Waste of taxpayer monies."

Siya Kolisi celebrate Bafana's win

In another story, Briefly News reported about Siya Kolisi celebrating Bafana Bafana's win in a fun moment with his kids.

He posted a celebratory video on his Instagram account. In the clip, the captain is all up in a hyper mood, playing an epic TKZee song, celebrating the win while his kids sit at the table eating breakfast before school. The kids were unbothered by their father's high spirits and were hilariously not in a celebratory mood like he was.

Source: Briefly News

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Sinothando Siyolo (Editor) Sinothando Siyolo is a Human Interest Writer at Briefly News. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from the University of Cape Town (UCT), with majors in Media and Writing, Politics and Governance. Before joining Briefly, Sinothando worked as a Content Producer for Hibari Media and as a News Content Producer for The South African (TSA). He has the ability to write across various sections - News, Human Interest, Politics, Entertainment, and Business. He joined Briefly in 2023. You can contact Sinothando at s2pinyana@gmail.com