Archive for January, 2007


Ernie Els wines

Business trip, maybe some golf

Wednesday, 31st January 2007 at 10:04 pm

Planning a trip to Dubai to sort out some business? Why not follow the example of two of the world’s leading businessmen, and take in a couple of rounds while you’re there - after all, the courses aren’t too bad, …

Scarlett Johansson or Monty?

Rough cut

Wednesday, 31st January 2007 at 9:47 pm

It’s still very much an experimental effort, but my new podcast on iafrica.com has made its debut. There’s some moderately serious cricket talk with Brian McMillan, and rugby debate (Six Nations, Super 14) with Robbie Kempson. More importantly, however, there’s …

Kevin Vermaak

Eight days of madness

Wednesday, 31st January 2007 at 9:28 pm

March 24 is scribbled down in most sporting diaries as the South Africa-Australia clash in the Cricket World Cup; greater solace may be found in Knysna, however, where the Absa Cape Epic gets underway for the fourth year. And judging …

Jacob Oram

Reverse psychology

Tuesday, 30th January 2007 at 11:17 pm

New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram has hit what South Africans still term (with fond, sepia-toned nostalgia) a ‘Klusener patch’. Playing in the triangular series in Australia, his last three innings have seen him make 86 off 89 balls (two sixes) …

Jonny Wilkinson

Back - but for how long?

Tuesday, 30th January 2007 at 10:58 pm

Take Mfuneko Ngam, South Africa’s impossibly fragile fast bowler. Add Darren Anderton, the Premiership footballer known for much of his career as ’sicknote’. Throw in Ashwin Willemse, who can miss entire seasons through brushing his teeth too vigorously. Toss in …

SA 2010 soccer pitch

Right on track

Tuesday, 30th January 2007 at 9:24 am

There’s been a fair amount of negative conjecture surrounding preparations for 2010, and until now, that conjecture hasn’t been entirely unfounded.
But Feverpitcher has some very good sources inside FIFA HQ, and this morning a secret photograph was smuggled through to …