Archive for December, 2006


Shosholoza sailing

Up close and personal

Saturday, 23rd December 2006 at 9:04 pm

As corporate hospitality goes, this might just be as good as it’s ever got in sport. 2007 might be the year of two World Cups, but it’s also the year of the America’s Cup come March and April - and …

Shane Warne

The fat man has sung

Saturday, 23rd December 2006 at 8:46 pm

Amongst the blur of the build-up to this Ashes series (a quite monumental anticlimax, thanks to English cricket reverting to type), there was much debate over the longevity of Australia’s team, and in particular, just how much longer Shane Warne …

Natalie du Toit

Six from six

Thursday, 14th December 2006 at 11:24 pm

A little belated, but worthy of adulation nonetheless. The IPC World Champs in Durban were dominated by Natalie du Toit; no surprises there. But the extent to which the South African star dominates disabled swimming became apparent when she wrapped …

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Welcome home

Thursday, 14th December 2006 at 11:16 pm

It’s one of the more extraordinary stories of the year - Kevin Pietersen renouncing England and returning to South Africa would sit in a similar bracket of surprise. Largely off the rugby radar for the last few years, Bob Skinstad …

Nicky Boje

That’s a wrap

Thursday, 14th December 2006 at 10:58 pm

Was it the selection of Paul Adams, named in the squad of 15 despite sporadic provincial cricket over the last couple of years? Was it head selector Haroon Lorgat’s comments that South Africa doesn’t have a world-class spinner? Or was …

Kabamba Floors

Remember me?

Saturday, 2nd December 2006 at 12:17 am

Ah well, at least he’s somewhere he’s appreciated. Kabamba Floors’ Springbok cameo came after a long campaign by Jake White to convince the country that fetchers simply didn’t exist; there’s a similarly well-grounded theory concerning beetroot, garlic and a rather …