Archive for February 4th, 2007


Robert Mugabe

Just not cricket

Sunday, 4th February 2007 at 8:59 pm

“Cricket civilises people and creates good gentlemen. I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen.” The man being quoted? One Robert Mugabe, southern Africa’s favourite regional despot, and self-professed cricket lover, …

Vodacom Super 14

Super 14: one week in

Sunday, 4th February 2007 at 1:40 pm

Four minutes of play with neither kick nor whistle: an electric start to this year’s Vodacom Super 14, and one that suggested we’re in for some irresistible rugby. And when, 76 minutes later, the Blues (under new skipper Troy Flavell, …

Vuyo Mere

Great advert for the game

Sunday, 4th February 2007 at 12:58 pm

Packed house, quality football, thrilling finish - and the Chiefs fans left the stadium intact, despite losing a crunch game. The PSL doesn’t always get the greatest press, and SuperSport’s glossy coverage of the European game often makes local televised …

Fidentia

Our own little Enron

Sunday, 4th February 2007 at 12:44 pm

The first phone call I got on Friday morning was from a rather nervous sports agent, wondering if I’d heard anything about the Fidentia Group, taken under curatorship after millions of Rand were discovered to be missing. So why a …