In exactly 273 days from now the world will be descending on South Africa for the 2010 soccer World Cup while some of the world's best soccer talent will be feeling a little disgruntled in front of their top-of-the-range HDTV televisions where they'l...
Khaya Vhailafuri is a very skilled carpenter. He is also passionate about football. Unlike many a football analyst or commentator, I'm convinced that Bra Khaya harbours no agenda. He just wants to see a winning Bafana Bafana squad.
Over the past f...
I'm amazed! I have come to a conclusion that some of my people are paranoid and some of my people are angry. I submit that my previous article titled "On the vuvuzela and tolerance" was probably one of the most moderate and fair views on the subject....
So, word on the street is that the Europeans want the vuvuzelas to be banned from the Fifa Confederations Cup and 2010 World Cup. So what? Even the "Europeans" in Cape Province have previously alluded to the fear of black people blowing the horn in G...
Football in rural areas is generally not structured. That is, there is no league, competitions or proper administration of the sport. As a result the passion for the sport is reduced to a mere hobby, something that young boys do just so they don't ge...
Six years back, my friend who used to work for SAB argued that "beer sells itself" and that the brewery's key duty was simply "to promote an enjoyable drinking experience". A couple of months back the Fifa Local Organising Committee (LOC) raised a si...
Very often, in my experience, it is quite difficult to comment on sports and race issues without appearing to be offensive or over-generalising. It is indeed disheartening when one gets the impression that the black and white people of this country s...
A grouped of 800+ volunteers cheered as the passionate expression behind the words sunk in.
“Of all the host cities for the Fifa 2009 Confederations Cup and 2010 World Cup, Rustenburg is the only one with its stadium located right at the heart ...
One of the questions I was asked during the Fifa Local Organising Committee's interviews for media volunteers was about my motivation for applying to participate in the Confederations Cup. I was very honest in my response in that I saw the occasion a...
What I expected to be an ordinary interview as a volunteer for SA’s FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 turned into a mouthwatering drink from a cultural melting pot – yes, the one that makes South Africans the unique bunch they are. Our anticipated vis...
