By Thomas Kwenaite Walter Nyamilandu swept the boards and won a fourth four year term during the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) Presidential elections held in Blantyre on Saturday. There were fears earlier in the day that the elections might not take place after some disgruntled candidates were granted an injunction by a civil court to suspend...
By Thomas Kwenaite Jody February starred for the SA U-23 as they broke the hearts of hosts Senegal to win 3-1 in a penalty shootout after their third and fourth play-off match ended in a goalless draw in Dakar on Saturday. South joined finalists Nigeria and Algeria on the flight to Rio for next August’s Olympic Games,...
By Thomas Kwenaite Kaizer Chiefs will have to negotiate their way past a tricky programme before they can reach the group stages of the African Champions League while the road has been smoothly paved for Mamelodi Sundowns in their quest to reach the elusive last eight of the premier Pan-African club competition. Chiefs have a relatively easy...
By Thomas Kwenaite After all has been said and done, it now boils down to the South African national U-23 team adopting a high level of concentration and a sharpness that has been evident in glimpses during this tournament if they hope to bag the last remaining spot reserved for contestants from Africa to the Rio...
Daniel "Vader" Mophosho, a long time servant of Moroka Swallows and a player considered one of South Africa's finest attacking midfielders during his playing days, passed on late on Tuesday evening following a long illness. Bafana Bafana former coach Ephraim "Shakes" Mashaba, a man who played alongside Mophosho at Swallows for many years, was stunned into...
It all started when a South African national U-15 soccer team won an international tournament contested by 48 countries in France back in 1998. The youngsters somehow wiped away the pain of watching the senior national team losing their opening match 3-0 in their maiden appearance at the greatest global event, as an unfortunate Pierre...
By Thomas Kwenaite Isha Johansen is a pocket dynamo, petite and physically looks vulnerable when you meet her for the first time. But it is when you encounter her and engage her in a conversation that you discover her intelligence, but above all, an unwavering stance on principles. She is hard working, a visionary and a dreamer....
From the smile of a child at a waterfall in the heart of the forest, Togo reveals itself as the land of little miracles, a sparkling gem on the shores of the azure waters of the Gulf of Benin in West Africa. Togo is a tiny country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the West,...
Johnny “Continental” Kekana has slowed down considerably these days. He is no longer the elegant, highly mobile midfield maestro who bossed the Orlando Pirates engine room driving the Black and white forward every time they played in front of packed audiences at Orlando Stadium. A few days before Pirates folded their shirt-sleeves to do battle against...
Twenty years after former SA State President Nelson Mandela came shuffling onto the pitch wearing a green and gold Springbok jersey to promote racial reconciliation, many South Africans are not convinced the 2015 Rugby World Cup squad had shed its reputation as a bastion of white privilege. The roars of approval that greeted Mandela's decision to...
