David Patrick Lane interviews Benito, a DJ at Cape Town’s top radio station, 94.5 K-FM, about Bafana Bafana’s chances on June 4, 2010.

Creator: David Patrick Lane
Date Original: June 4, 2010
Date Digital: February 23, 2014
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape
Format: jpeg
Source: Originally published on David Patrick Lane’s blog.
Language(s): English
Rights Management: For educational use only.
Contributing Institution: Liz Timbs; MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University
Transcript:

Benito: [after recording a commercial spot] So much business around this World Cup!

David Patrick Lane (DPL): Benito, you’re a professional, man. You’re a professional.

Benito: [laughs]Thank you.

DPL: Tell me. Do you believe? Do you think Bafana Bafana is going to win the World Cup?

Benito: Win the World Cup?

DPL: Yeah.

Benito: Uhh, I would love it if they would win.

DPL: Yeah? Because I’m getting a feeling from a lot of ex-pros that I hear on the broadcast, on the television, they’re talking up. And I think they’re fantastic.

Benito: Yeah, they have to talk it up.

DPL: What’s the point in playing if you don’t want to win it?

Benito: Exactly. And what’s the point of supporting your team if they’re not even going to get beyond the first round.

DPL: That’s right, that’s right.

Benito: Look, they have a tough group. And even if they get through the first round, I’ve been having a look at some of the ways that the groups pan out. If they finish, say, on top of Group A, then there’s a good chance that they may miss Argentina in the next round.

DPL: Right, right.

Benito: And if they finish 2; it’s Argentina the second round. But those are the challenges that make the World Cup the World Cup

DPL: You’ve gotta take them on.

Benito: Exactly.

DPL: And a South Africa against Argentina match. That’s going to be a marquee game that everyone will love and you beat them and then the world’s your oyster.

Benito: And then you’ve got 42 million vuvuzelas behind you!

DPL: Benito, thank you very much, man.

Benito: Pleasure, man.

DPL: Pleasure.