Mzansi's super fan Mama Joy Chauke has jetted off to the Paris Olympics to support Team South Africas 149 athletes who are vying for medals at the Summer Olympic Games.
The popular fan, known for her charismatic support of national teams, jetted off to Paris in a direct flight via Air France on Thursday night. Up until now, she had been watching the Summer Olympic Games on TV like everyone else and making a point of showing this on her X account.
Mama Joy posted on Thursday night on her social media pictures of her sporting colourful viola braids, which were matching Mzansi national flag colours. She also posed with TV broadcaster Carol Tshabalala, who appeared to have taken the same flight to Paris.
Paris here we come, I love it I love it, I am superfan Mama Joy, she said on the video.
It is unclear who is funding Mama Joy's Paris trip after new Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie said he would not allow the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) to utilise its budget in funding overseas trips for a select group of super fans.
