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
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
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
The Somali Who Sold His Soul
(Politics)
Conflicts between truth and perception rage when England’s Daily Mail headlines an article whereby the head of a body of English football hooligans encourages visiting English football hooligans to wear [...]
Read More- Posted on 23rd Feb 2010
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Book your nook….now
(Sport)
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 [...]
Read More- Posted on 26th Jan 2010
by Alistair Hayward - 0 comments
Tequila, Grappamiel & Champagne – Strictly No Ice
(Sport)
On the Friday morning preceding the much hyped 2010 FIFA World Cup draw, a friend texted me from Germany to say the national ‘Bild Zeitung’ newspaper had uncovered a huge [...]
Read More- Posted on 7th Dec 2009
by Alistair Hayward - 4 comments
Culling White Elephants
(Sport)
The White Lions of Sabie are a massive draw-card for any visitor to South Africa’s famous Kruger Park. Less than an hour’s drive from Sabie through Mpumalanga’s picturesque banana orchards [...]
Read More- Posted on 17th Nov 2009
by Alistair Hayward - 2 comments