Even with more than 11 million people in the central area, the government has no plans for mass transit there, and commuters continue to molder in two-hour-long auto trips every day.
Plastic vuvuzelas hit the market in the late 1990s when Van Schalkwyk, who was a semi-professional footballer and part-time plastic molder, got the idea from fans of Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, who brought their metal vuvuzelas to games in Cape Town.