South Africans took to Twitter and expressed their happiness when former Leeds United legend and Bafana captain Lucas Radebe presented the Fifa Fair Play award.
Radebe spoke eloquently on the refugee crisis before announcing the award.
South African goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune and Robert Marawa were among the first to show their respect for SA's legendary defender
We are represented by @LucasRadebe at the #BallondOr 🙌🏻🙏🏼. Dreams always come true. Proudly South African #32
— IIKHUNE3216 (@IIKHUNE_32_16) January 11, 2016
Proud moment as recently married SA football icon Lucas "Rhoooo" Radebe hands out the Fair Play Award!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 pic.twitter.com/RvIbNF9JQQ
— robertmarawa (@robertmarawa) January 11, 2016