More important than Stephens’ victory for herself, was her emergence as a role-model for scores of young black African women. Though South Africa is better resourced then some of the other teams in Africa, they have also had recent hiccups. South Africa won all four of their group stage games and beat Ghana in the final. Better news for the South African Women’s team is that they have smoothly transitioned from one corporate backer to another. The finalists and the winner of the usually bland third-place playoff will qualify for the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 16, 2018 08:15 UTC