Siyabonga Ntshingila

Sepp Blatter, the Fifa head honcho, is quite possibly also its biggest buffoon. From the ridiculous statements about female footballers wearing skimpy outfits to that affair where he stepped in on Real Madrid’s behalf (as is Fifa tradition) and declared the multimillionaire pansy Cristiano Ronaldo a slave for not being allowed to leave the club […]

No really. I’ve been pondering this lately. When your number’s up and you’re hauled before the Heavenly Lifetime Review Board, what goes down? You know, that final moment when you have to make a case for floating about in the land of milk and honey and not being condemned to perish with thieves, fornicators, drug […]

1. Do not serve “divorce papers” in public if your intention is to go and shack up with your wife’s twin sister who shares her exact mannerisms. 2. In fact, do not serve papers on anyone until you have a Plan B that is worth all the hype and fuss of leaving home to begin […]

To be Mahlatse Ralepelle. “Chilliboy” to the okes. Talented schoolboy player with great leadership potential. Rose up the ranks smoothly enough, earning his stripes along the way and maturing into a better rounded player. Then out of the blue (a then) under-fire Jake White picks him to make a cheap political statement. Remember those days, […]

Those who are regular readers of my blogs know I have quite the penchant for playing selector in my imagination. You know the effects of beer on one’s sense of judgement and superior analysis. Two six-packs and suddenly you know better than everyone. It’s a beautiful thing actually. Best cure for low self-esteem and self-doubt […]

No Benni. No Nasief. A keeper who had been struggling at international level and, Macbeth Sibaya. A recipe for disaster. No? Not quite. Santana’s troops pulled together and treated the nation to a display of courage, dedication and teamwork unseen since the days of Shakes Mashaba’s now legendary u/23 team of the late 90s. Simply […]

Last night I watched, with a sizeable amount of sadness and frustration, Earl Rose get the bird from the Newlands crowd. How on earth could anyone think this is the kind of behaviour you can display toward your own countryman while he wears a national jersey? Just who exactly does this serve? Snor picked the […]

An acquaintance recently indulged me in one of my favourite pastimes — arguing over inconsequential matters using our respective employers email facilities. Nought out of the ordinary there you may say. And you’d be right, I imagine at least 60% of time spent on work email is not in the furtherance of an employer’s “global […]

The Confed Cup, Lions Tour, Tri-Nations, Wimbledon, Roland Garros (nothing like a fine mist of clay on that buxom Serena Williams to make one appreciate His handiwork eh?) a competitive F1 sans the familiar faces and Peter de Villiers press interviews — the sporting gods have surely looked upon us with great favour this year. […]

So with the Super 14 pretty much done and nearly dusted, South African attention now turns to the — impending/looming/choose own hyperbolic adjective here — incoming tour by the British and Irish Lions. Now as is the nature of such, every man, dog and his braai stand have been playing selector and choosing their teams/squads […]

So Jacob Zuma’s path has (seemingly) been cleared of the final obstacle and he is free to assume the country’s highest office without the threat of the State, which he will lead, prosecuting corruption charges against him. Of course being Zuma, this could not have happened without the attendant hyperbole, bile and hysteria that the […]