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That's a pretty interesting question; apparently only 34 Zimbabweans have bought tickets to the matches, given the economic lunacy which prevails in our Northern neighbor. Well, we do hope that Robert Mugabe and his entourage enjoy the matches. But...

Published 9 Mar 2010

That's right folks, today marks just 100 days until the opening ceremony of the 2010 World Cup taking place right here. It has been a tumultuous six years since Sepp Blatter announced that our country had submitted the winning bid, all the way back...

Published 2 Mar 2010

Remember that awesome Wayne's World , excellent, party on SCHWIIIIING! franchise which saw us through the very confused time that was the grunge-infested, long-haired 1990s? Well, OK most of you probably don't, but I sure do. Anyway, in the second...

Published 23 Feb 2010

Ah, ze Germans. Legendary for their precision, efficiency, culture and inventiveness. Ze Germans gave us Goethe , Einstein , quite a few notable musicians and that chap who used to drive a Ferrari. Football-wise, there have been a quite a few famous names...

Published 16 Feb 2010

You've seen him, the cute 2010 mascot Zakumi. What does he have in common with our Zulu Mr. President, Jacob Zuma? Apparently, little Zakumis and little presidents of the republic are coming out of the same Chinese factory to satisfy the needs of...

Published 2 Feb 2010

Even as the final countdown towards the World Cup in South Africa is underway, more silliness seems to emerge from overseas. Just this morning, some oke who is in charge of Bayern Munich was whingeing on about what a big mistake it was for Sepp to send...

Published 27 Jan 2010

The cowardly attack on the Togolese soccer team has quite possibly only been surpassed by the callous response of CAF to the surviving members and support staff. When people who spend so much time together that they can be regarded as a family have to...

Published 13 Jan 2010

That's right people - it's here and the World Cup is just about ready to rock and roll. Ke Nako - it is indeed time, the year we have all been waiting for is finally here. Over its course, 2009 certainly proved to be a year full of ups and downs...

Published 6 Jan 2010

I was in equal parts amused and annoyed by a letter to News24 in which a Capetonian, in rather typical Capetonian fashion, provided a handy guide to what he believes is proper tourist behaviour. Submitted, of course, under a pseudonym. Up on this end...

Published 22 Dec 2009

One of my colleagues mentioned to me the other day that there are so many people who seem to have a somewhat vague idea that there may just be some sort of opportunity around the now very imminent World Cup football tournament. But they just can't...

Published 15 Dec 2009