90 SOMETHING DAYS & TICKING…..
(Sport)

90 SOMETHING DAYS & TICKING…..

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 [...]

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  • Posted on 5th Mar 2010
    by Alistair Hayward
  • 1 comments

Super XIV – Week 3
(Sport)

Super XIV – Week 3

  Dean Oelschig writes from Johannesburg..
And then there were 3 unbeaten teams!
Supremely hectic at the moment with fun things like government tenders so I have to make this week’s short [...]

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  • Posted on 2nd Mar 2010
    by Guest Contribution
  • 0 comments

Dear Mr. Woods
(Entertainment)

Dear Mr. Woods

Some sage advice from an unknown African to a heralded American:
 
Dear MR. Woods
 
 I would like to commend you and your PR team for being so in tune with conservative middle [...]

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  • Posted on 26th Feb 2010
    by Andre Roux
  • 4 comments

An Ellis Park Outing
(Culture)

An Ellis Park Outing

The streets have begun to chill in the mornings, and the dead leaves to crackle underneath my footsteps on my walk to work.  The thin air has regained some of [...]

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  • Posted on 17th Feb 2010
    by Andre Roux
  • 2 comments

Week 1
(Sport)

Week 1

Dean Oelschig on the Super 14..
And then there were 7 unbeaten teams…
So the last months of speculation have yielded similar results to predicting Lotto numbers and the first week of [...]

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  • Posted on 16th Feb 2010
    by Guest Contribution
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Super XIV: Predictions, Predictions! Hear All About Them!
(Sport)

Super XIV: Predictions, Predictions! Hear All About Them!

Where Dean Oelschig thinks the teams will be placed on the log come May…
1. Crusaders: Dan Carter is back. I could stop right there with that news but there is [...]

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  • Posted on 11th Feb 2010
    by Guest Contribution
  • 10 comments

You can Quota me on this
(Politics)

You can Quota me on this

 I started writing this piece about two weeks ago.  It has been a trial of mixed ideas and stagnant toil.  The original direction was to discuss the suspects linked to the [...]

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Book your nook….now
(Sport)

Book your nook….now

Never in the history or the future of the FIFA Soccer World Cup will it be easier for fans to get their paws on tickets. The key to the success [...]

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  • Posted on 26th Jan 2010
    by Alistair Hayward
  • 0 comments

Indians, Jordaanians, Tswanians, and Pominians: The Sport in Short
(Sport)

Indians, Jordaanians, Tswanians, and Pominians: The Sport in Short

It was confirmed this last week that Eric Simons has left our shores to join Gary Kirsten’s burgeoning squad of South African coaches for the Indian cricket side.  Simons connects [...]

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  • Posted on 15th Jan 2010
    by Andre Roux
  • 5 comments
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