Zakumi played between South Africa and Uruguay (Match 17) also coincides with Zakumi's birthday. He turned sixteen on 16 June 2010. The green and yellow (gold) colours of the character match the colours used in South African sport uniforms and can also be seen in the South Africa national football team's kit. Andries Odendaal, from Cape Town, created the original character design. The official motto of Zakumi is "Zakumi's game is Fair Play." The motto was seen in the digital advertisement boards during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, and has also appeared in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Zakumi was intended
Sporting Clube de Porto Novo in the South Zone having won about 5 official regional titles, overall it is fourth with the North Zone's Rosariense Clube with 8 official regional and subregional titles combined. The club was founded in 1956 The name is identical to the Sporting Clube de Portugal and is club affiliate number 180. The club was called Sporting Clube de Carvoeiros, when the new port was completed in 1962, it adopted the current name of Sporting Clube de Porto Novo Its uniform is similarly different to Sporting Praia, it only has a green striped t-shirt and the remainder is white for home