"They All Started Where We Are" Van Wyk
By Malose Wa Ga Lamola South African women’s football success is making the leap from the swampy backwater into the world's well established professional leagues. Banyana Banyana skipper, Janine Van Wyk, took her rare and precious commodity- time- to chat to ShakingInk. Though, patience and football don't sit well together, Van Wyk calls for patience and allow the right cornflakes to rise to the top of the packet. She says South Africa has what it takes to rise to the very pinnacle of this arena. The heroic figure worshipped by so many aspiring footballers warns against comparing Hollywoodbets Super League to leagues that have stood the test of time. Van Wyk insists that instant success is built on sand and ebbs away just as quickly. The football loving public wants a quick fix, but the veteran Banyana defender says, that's unsustainable. In Van Wyk's world, improvement is still innovation "We shouldn't compare any league in the world to what we c