OPEN LETTER TO TSO VILAKAZI Nobody need to tell you how much I admired you and still do. We’ve known each other heaven knows for how long. And each time you have played a blinder or a leading role for Orlando Pirates, I have always waxed lyrical about your performance and leadership of that swashbuckling Buccaneers...
I have watched the unfolding drama within the DStv Premiership relegation/promotion saga with keen interest but quite frankly, I am not the least impressed by the seemingly inertia on the part of the authorities and I'm wondering out loud what exactly are they waiting for before taking out the big whip to lash their errant...
History teaches us that to know nothing of the past, is to know very little of the present and sadly, that would result in having absolutely no conception of the future. In case you assume that I am a philosopher, let me correct you that I wish I was. But the drama that unfolded within the...
This week I’m breaking completely with tradition. Let me warn you that you are not going to read about a shimmy, a nutmeg or shibobo, a back heel, overhead kick, spectacular goal or an acrobatic diving save executed by Denis Onyango. I’m not even going to congratulate Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs for creating history as...
I have during the last couple of days, received quite a shellacking from many quarters with some of the critics calling me all sorts of names from being a traitor and unpatriotic to being a sell-out, all because of my comments during the weekly Soccer Africa show that was broadcast on SuperSport last Thursday. Yet...
Patrice Motsepe will be crowned as the Confederation of African Football’s capo di tuti capi in Rabat, Morocco's capital city known for its landmarks that speak to its Islamic and French colonial heritage which includes the Kasbah of the Udayas and nestles along the shores of the Bouregreg River and the Atlantic Ocean. No event...
I am saddened by events taking place in Cameroon. The Central African country, land of legendary Roger Milla, he of the sensuous hip swinging dance at the corner flag to celebrate every goal he scored at Italia ’90, is supposed to be hosting the CHAN tournament. But the tournament has been shifted to the back door....
Congratulations to Manqoba Mngqithi I suppose are in order. The time has truly come for the gentleman of the game to step out of the shadows and into the spotlight of South African football and show the world his potential as one of the most knowledgeable mentors around. He has been appointed as co-coach with Rulani...
In the height of the African American civil rights movement, the late Martin Luther King Jr issued this prophetic statement: “If we don’t find it within ourselves to live together as brothers, then we might as well perish together as fools!” I was sharply reminded of those sage words this week as football administrators engaged...
I have received numerous calls on my private line as well as on social media from various people who confessed that they are suffering from withdrawal symptoms due to the global lack of football action as a result of the Coronavirus and subsequent lockdown. I have also filed enquiries from ardent Kaizer Chiefs fans who...
