The current furore in New Zealand about the country being a rip-off for tourists (so look out rugby World Cup 2011 tourists) should be taken seriously when a former All Black who played in 81 test matches says NZ is “really expensive”and suggests...
When he was only 12, William Ernest Henley contracted tuberculosis of the bone. Eventually his left foot had to be amputated just below the knee. He spent many years in and out of hospital because the disease also infected his right foot, but he refu...
It's a strange feeling to watch the United States celebrate our heroes more effectively than we can.
My father mailed me the link to the Arthur Ashe Courage Award presentation to Nelson Mandela which happened on the 19th July as part of the annual...
Warner Brothers studio executives were camped out at The Mount Nelson in Cape Town this summer. They sipped Castle Lager from frosted glasses and name-dropped to the pretty girls at the bar. "Clint, Morgan, Matt? Great guys. Solid. Sure, I could arra...
South Africa and the Springboks, despite the interference and politicking of Mike Stofile and his cabal, took a trip to France and emerged as the world champions.
Who can ever forget those wonderful scenes as our president was hoisted shoulder-hi...
There is a Chinese curse about living in interesting times, and that has certainly been the case in South Africa this past year.
The year 2007 will no doubt go down in South Africa as the year of Jacob Zuma.
Internationally there were some othe...
The South African Rugby Legends Association (Sarla) hosted a meeting of the 1995 and 2007 Rugby World Cup champions at the Southern Sun hotel in Grayston Drive, Sandton, Johannesburg, on Thursday evening.
It was an opportunity for Francois Pienaar...
Canterbury, the Springbok kit sponsor, is complaining that “counterfeit” goods are damaging its business and could lead to job losses. What hogwash!
Canterbury’s argument, a familiar complaint by branded-goods manufacturers, is based on a fa...
If I bungle my argument along the way, please excuse me, I'm actually fairly vexed as I write this:
I’ve just had my third debate about rugby being "left alone" in recent days. Just as we had anticipated, South Africa returned with the World Cup...
OK, let me be brave and write about something I am not supposed to know much about, namely rugby. (After all, I supported the Springboks because of JP Pietersen's sexy legs.)
These are the facts: only two of the regular players in the World Cup-wi...
