Even in the South Africa squad, there are thoughtfully expressed differences of opinion about the flag and its presence on the South Africans' shirts ©AFP You know South Africa's society is ...

According to the Nelson Mandela Foundation's news release, Afriforum - which focuses on the rights of South Africa's Afrikaans population - said they understood the flag "offends some people".

South Africa's tallest national flag is unfurled in all its flapping, snapping, cracking glory atop a 60-metre pole mounted in the centre of Gqeberha, or a kilometre-and-a-half from St George's Park.