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By Sphiwe Hlongane Vincente del Bosque’s men stayed true to themselves and the beautiful game, I still don’t know why Germany decided to employ defensive tactics in that game instead of playing the free flowing attacking game that they have been dishing out in this tournament. Their approach denied us a better spectacle, no wonder […]

By Siphiwe Hlongwane There seems to be a big problem brewing between technical directors and head coaches in South African football. With the new PSL season looming on the horizon, a number of coaces have lost their jobs and are seemingly being replaced by the very same technical directors who were appointed to assist them. […]

By Dave Harris Fifa’s ambivalent stance on adopting technology is understandable, since the increasing reliance on technology has several ramifications, much of which is not easily discernible especially when we frantically seek quick fixes to the age-old question of what constitutes fair play — a multifaceted topic that’s only further complicated by technology. I’m no […]

By Lenox Mhlanga Feel it … it is here! The Soccer World Cup is finally underway in South Africa. It was surely a long wait but it was worth it. If you have not caught the football bug then you must be dead, or worse. Alain de Botton, a newspaper columnist puts it this way, […]

By Muhammad Karim I can’t understand why the media, the West and everyone else who engaged in the “Let’s Draw Muhammad” contest recently couldn’t, in all their secular intelligence, attempt to first UNDERSTAND and then act instead of the other way round. I am also extremely disappointed with Zapiro for simply “jumping on the bandwagon” […]

By Odirile Mekwa I sat on the psychologist’s soft leather couch and he asked us to play a game called “association”. I take it most people have seen this game in movies. The “shrink” pulls out a picture and the patient says the first thing that springs to mind. The game we played was with […]

By Robyn Clark It was 4am when it started. First, there were just the sounds of bare feet along the corridor of the dormitory. In a matter of minutes, there was a flurry of activity in the girls’ bathroom, as steam poured out of the bathroom door. There were shrieks and shouts emanating from the […]

By Muggie van Staden One of the biggest misconceptions about open source software (OSS) in the enterprise is that it is software that can be rolled out without the involvement of a vendor. But in reality, in any enterprise software deployment, there will always be someone that needs to play the role that the vendor […]

By Millington Gumbo A couple of things intrigue me in life. Politics is one, history is another, but it is football which trumps them all. Football is the ultimate meritocracy wherein skills and teamwork and not money or privilege determine the outcome. Life however, can be a little bit more complicated at times. The it-is-not-what-you-know-but-who-you-know […]