Percy Tau is dribbling, tapping and kicking his way to soccer stardom

29 Jan 2021

Kim Wendy Abrahams

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Former Bafana Bafana player Percy Tau is making a name for himself on the international soccer stage. (Photo: GALLO IMAGES/ GETTY IMAGES)

When he was little boy he promised his mom he would take care of her one day.

Elizabeth Tau was a single mother struggling to care for her eight children on a domestic worker’s salary but her son was determined they wouldn’t live a life of poverty.

He was going to be a successful soccer player, Percy Tau decided. He was going to give his mother the life she deserved.

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