Soccer Against Racism..
(Sport)
Somewhat justifiable euphoria has swept South Africa over the last six weeks. The national mood has lifted, cynics have been silenced, races have come together in joyful celebration and there [...]
Read More- Posted on 13th Jul 2010
by Hannes Wessels - 0 comments
World Cup Diary
(Culture)
Well, it all started on a Friday morning. Sky News’ best asset, a man named Jeremy Thompson who is every bit a gentleman as he is impartial, interviewed a chap [...]
Read More- Posted on 1st Jul 2010
by Simon Reader - 0 comments
SWC – Party on..
(Sport)
5 Days into the SWC 2010 and my dearest Johannesburg is on its head. Kids, students, and bumptious businessmen are crooning over the novelty and patting themselves on the backs [...]
Read More- Posted on 17th Jun 2010
by Jerome Mitchell - 0 comments
Pre-World Cup Diary: Scoundrels & Dead Horses
(Culture)
In 2002, amidst a famine he was complicit in arranging, then ZANU-PF Information Minister and party spokesperson Jonathon Moyo crossed the border in his Chinese 4 x 4 with trailer, [...]
Read More- Posted on 5th May 2010
by Simon Reader - 2 comments
It’s almost tickets……..
(Sport)
So the final stage of ticket applications is upon us. As predicted by most analysts, tickets have been selling like hotcakes with fans sleeping on pavements waiting for ‘over the [...]
Read More- Posted on 20th Apr 2010
by Alistair Hayward - 0 comments
Stock Up On Baked Beans In June???
(Sport)
An email has been doing the rounds the last few weeks about how the 2010 FIFA World Cup is going to turn South Africans’ lives upside down.
Below is an extract [...]
- Posted on 7th Apr 2010
by Alistair Hayward - 2 comments
Melodies aboard Jacob’s Titanic
(Politics)
No I’m not going to mouth off (too much) about Julius Malema’s dodgy dealings, not to mention Beki Cele’s absurd attempts to review the SAPS ranking system. Anyone with the [...]
Read More- Posted on 18th Mar 2010
by Stuart Hayward - 1 comments
Green India
(Sport)
At fist glance the 2010 Indian Premier League, the 3rd installment since it’s inception in 2008, seems to have lumbered into action in rather innocuous fashion. Tweakings in the laws [...]
Read More- Posted on 15th Mar 2010
by Andre Roux - 4 comments
90 SOMETHING DAYS & TICKING…..
(Sport)
With less than 100 days to kick-off it’s fair to say the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa will in general be a success. But after my recent visit [...]
Read More- Posted on 5th Mar 2010
by Alistair Hayward - 1 comments