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I’ll bet you anything that our Olympic team would have given anything to have Judas on board in Beijing. Thirty pieces of silver? Makes your mouth water. What a sorry excuse for an Olympic Squad this lot turned out to be. Never mind we’ll be hearing the post mortems on this one until we’re all […]

It must be tiresome being an English national soccer team supporter. I mean, it’s tough supporting our own Bafana, but at least we have come to accept our limitations on the world stage. But imagine having the richest league in the world — though a little over populated by foreigners admittedly — the best feeder […]

When an interviewer recently asked Springbok ace Francois Steyn what the most frightening experience of his life was, he said it was the moment he was signed by the Sharks, knowing he would have to move to Durban and learn to speak English. Bafana coach Joel Santana could be forgiven for feeling the same way, […]

Last week, the Bok pack held its own against an All Black unit full of grunt, experience and guile. This afforded the halfbacks and loose forwards plenty of forward momentum and space to work with. We know they made less use of that last weekend than Uncle Bob does with the Zimbabwean Constitution, frittering possession […]

There is certainty of presence of some human flaws among all of us, one of which is the general weakness to elevate certain individuals to pedestals and exaggerate their importance in the grand scheme of things. This occurs due to variety of reasons; one being that the individual holds a particular position of importance in […]

I’ve promised myself never to go on too much about social apps, but there is one app that I’ve fallen in love with, and I’d love to share it. I signed up to Geni purely by chance — I think it was to check out the flash tree visualisation — and my affinity to the […]

I have watched as the world marvelled at Usain Bolt’s insane performances in Beijing. And it occurred to me: we have plenty of our own Bolt-like brothers. With planning, we could be the toast of London 2012. How? If you have ever seen a mugging in town, you know how fast our criminals can run. […]

The power play — Alex Perry, Stellenbosch, publish on Time.com on June 18 2008 Rugby is not a gentle game. But when the South African team walked onto Newlands rugby ground in Cape Town to face the British and Irish Lions on Sept. 12, 1903, expectations were of an especially violent match. It was just […]

Are we ever going to reach a point where the authorities implement sensible and proactive road traffic measures to prevent carnage on our roads? Since 1997, the Department of Transport has launched a series of Arrive Alive campaigns, aimed particularly at reducing carnage on the roads. The success of these campaigns is debatable. There isn’t […]

It would not be unfair to say that a boxing match between Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki would have been far more exciting than watching Bafana Bafana against Australia. While both politicians cannot be said to be world-class boxers, the anticipation that the village lad might just pull his trademark Polokwane knockout punch is much […]

The US SEC (our JSE equivalent) announced on Tuesday that the format for financial statements to the regulator, Edgar, will be superseded by a format that has more in common with the social media tools today’s users have come to enjoy. You had to see the webcast (and followed the liveblog): The president-appointed chairman who […]

Mamelodi Sundowns are again involved in a vicious media battle with one of the country’s football governing bodies. The confrontation — between the team and SAFA (South African Football Association) — is around Katlego Mphela, whom Sundowns’ doctor declared injured and unfit to travel for Bafana Bafana’s friendly game against Australia, while SAFA’s doctor declared […]