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The two-fisted granny
How many grannies do you know who are boxing fans? None? Then you have not met Granny Alice from Diepkloof, Soweto. Granny Alice Sontonga...
The Olympics of the oppressed
Later this year a flame will be lit in Seoul, South Korea. The flame will mark the beginning of the Olympic Games. It is a time when...
The man in the middle
When you win, you love him and call him a ‘clever’. When you lose, you hate him and call him a donkey. But win or lose, you know that...
“SHA-A-A-KES!”
The goalkeeper is out of position. Most of his team-mates are lying all over the grass. The coach on the bench covers his eyes. On the...
A fighter and a gentleman
When the small, gentle looking man with spectacles opened the door at the house in Noordgesig, we thought we had come to the wrong place....
A man called ‘Hoss’
“Hosea Tjale is running nice and easy. He has nearly a five minute lead and only 16 kilometres to go …. I don’t think anybody will catch...
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