Archive for October 28th, 2007


Springbok bus tour

Springboks take to the road

Sunday, 28th October 2007 at 10:59 am

The reception they received at OR Tambo confirmed what everyone suspected: the returning Springboks were set for a countrywide welcome the likes of which no sports team has every received before in South Africa; even the Bulls didn’t elicit quite …

John Smit and Thabo Mbeki

Thabo Mbeki joins Springbok management

Sunday, 28th October 2007 at 10:42 am

Nothing’s been made official yet, but as usual Feverpitcher has the inside track, and so can break the post-World Cup story of the year: Thabo Mbeki is set to join the Springbok management team after his successful secondment to the …

Brett Evans

Bafana keep South Africa smiling

Sunday, 28th October 2007 at 10:31 am

It might not have had quite the cataclysmic effect that the win in Paris did a few days earlier, but it added to the cheer, and gave local soccer a shot in the arm. Beating Zambia in the Cosafa Cup …