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What should we make of Roger Federer’s loss in the Wimbledon quarterfinals to Tomas Berdych? The facts say that the Swiss maestro has won 16 Grand Slams, participated in every Wimbledon final between 2003 and 2009, and perhaps the most important of all given the context of his loss to Berdych: he is turning 29 […]

I was surfing the internet and found an interesting article by Telford Vice on cricinfo.com about this year being the tenth anniversary of one of the sorriest affairs to have ever gripped South African sport, let alone cricket. On April 11, 2000, a country that had once been labelled alongside England and Australia as incorruptible […]

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 […]

There is no such thing as unbiased media, as the thing with my mother-in-law proved. Well, actually, it’s not strictly necessary to draw my mother-in-law into this debate: anyone who had the misfortune of watching Sky News after the Germany vs England match would be able to tell you just HOW hysterically biased the media […]

Few people seem to recognize that democracy has an economic side to it — one powerfully intimated at the close of Michael Moore’s latest documentary film, Capitalism — A Love Affair, where he observes (I don’t recall his exact words) that in the light of what he has documented in the film, capitalism is an […]

A decision by the Cape High Court has sent concerned parents into a huff as they question the competence of courts and fear the infringement of their own rights to raise their children as they see fit. While newspapers “umm” and “aah” their way around the wording (bouncing between “divorce”, “pseudo-emancipation” or “separation”), the short […]

We have entered the knock-out stages of the greatest tournament (arguably) on earth. The halfway mark is disappearing in the distance, so here are some of the best, and worst, things that have been a part of this World Cup so far: The best: Lionel Messi – World class and the engine that drives Argentina, […]

I’m sure many a man has heard of the vagina dentata — a mysterious and powerful vagina with teeth that will devour a penis in seconds. It is a fearful picture to create in anyone’s mind, especially when the vagina is not like that at all. Somehow this crazy idea has been extended to build […]

The Tri-Nations is looming large on the horizon, beginning in July as the Soccer World Cup will just be concluding. South African sports fan are certainly spoil for choice aren’t they? The question on the lips of those who cherish the oval ball will be: Can SA for the first time ever retain the Tri-Nations? […]

Monday’s Sowetan is reporting that Limpopo Premier Cassel Mathale was chased out of a meeting by angry members of the ANC in the Waterberg region on Saturday. Allegedly the basis for his being there was to convey a decision taken by the provincial working committee on Tuesday that the Waterberg region should be disbanded for […]

I am not sure which was more scary. The hairy, heavy Vry Staater in a boep-clinging Bafana shirt or the big black dude beneath a Bloem Celtic cap I encountered in the gents at half time on Tuesday. As I manoeuvred between them to attend to pressing matters I was caught in the vice of […]

By Gcina Ntsaluba The World Cup might be running like a well-oiled machine on the surface but behind the closed doors of the Local Organising Committee offices, a “war” is brewing. Conspiracy theories of a possible coup d’état on chief organiser Danny Jordaan by his deputy, Irvin Khoza, have been going around, and according to […]