The street school of Desiree Ellis - The Banyana Banyana coach graduated from street soccer to play for Western Province and the country
’s lasting education at primary school was in street soccer.
Ellis, her sisters and cousins attended Dryden Street Primary in Cape Town’s Salt River in the 1970s, and when school and homework at Auntie Susan Ellis was over, they rushed for the rough and tumble of the street.Support the journalism that helps you navigate your world Subscribe to the M&G today for just R30 for the first three months* to gain access to this story and all our best journalism, subscriber-only newsletters, events and a weekly cryptic crossword.”
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