Supporter kits in demand: the business of sports merchandising

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit · 4 June 2026 · 7m

Speaker 1: Good morning Cape Town, mister Kibbott, starting your day on Cave Talk On Talk. Speaker 2: A little something that costs more than a fifty cents is the new Buffana Baffana Speaker 2: jerseys for the week to go before the Bafana's opening Worldout game against Mexico in Speaker 2: exactly a week time. The official jerseys apparently selling out, particularly that green and gold Speaker 2: away jersey. It's become quite popular. I have splurged a little bit and I paid Speaker 2: I think one thy five hundred for that supporter version, but the player's version costing Speaker 2: as much as two thousand and five hundred rand. And this very good reason for Speaker 2: it, because the Bafana Bafana jersey is being held by people who know design and Speaker 2: fashion. The sports websites all ranking even giving that away jersey, that green and gold Speaker 2: jersey are ten out of ten, that's according to ESPM. But a man who knows Speaker 2: the thing about out sports and the business of sports and the economics around sports, Speaker 2: as in Corebelian Glowi is the director of Cash and Sport. Good morning, Cobbela. Really Speaker 2: appreciate your your time. Are you one of those South Africans who are you know Speaker 2: wlapping up the Fun ab Faba fund of jerseys, many sights saying they're close to Speaker 2: so to selling out. Speaker 1: Good morning, Lester. Yes I am, although I'm lucky in that I got it as Speaker 1: a gift, but I would have I would have bought the green and gold jersey Speaker 1: because I think it's it's a wonderful piece of merchandise. Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a few months ago many fans,…

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