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Scholtz has designs on Games gold (again)
When running one’s finger down the list of more than 200 athletes and 18 codes representing Team SA at the African Games in Ghana, it quickly stops at the letter “B”. Badminton, following Arm...
Team SA’s karate kids all grown up
While we’re sitting down to chat inside the University of Ghana grounds where Team SA is housed for the 13th African Games, Maxine Willemse described herself as “an introvert. I’m quiet and shy and...
Amazing weekend for SA sports, Premier League goal glut continues and more!
Gary Lemke looks back at what was a spectacular sporting weekend for South Africa as Driccus du Plessis was crowned UFC Middleweght Champion, Bafana won 4-0 and more! DU PLESSIS DELIVERS ON...
The story of Savanna Valjalo
To suggest that Savanna Valjalo has a competitive streak would be putting it mildly. Then again, as she says, “both my parents are also very competitive”. As is her brother. Savanna and Brandon are...
A walking, galloping, winning miracle
By all conventional thinking, Rule Of Thumb shouldn’t be near Sonwabe Beach on this day. At best he should be a former racehorse grazing grass in a paddock somewhere. Or, even worse … we won’t go there.
Enthusiastic duo saddles up to save Cape horse racing
“We’re not trying to save the sport for a shrinking number of older people. We have to reinvigorate racing as a new sport for new people. We are focused on attracting and retaining owners. We need to expand the ownership base beyond a handful of wealthy people.”
Stone rolling onto bigger things
By GARY LEMKE Three-hundred-and-seventy-eight days. That’s how long the battle lasted. At the end of it, though, Brandon Stone had won the war. That war was to regain his DP World Tour card and...
EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS
Casey Jarvis has continued where he left off as an amateur, by making a big impact on the pro circuit. Casey Jarvis had replayed the moment in his head a thousand times. He’d actually practised the...
Vetscape Game Changers
We’re sitting in an office at the Vetscape Animal Hospital in Paarl. There are no fancy accessories or lounge chairs, just two Godolphin paintings on the wall. There are book shelves which hold...
‘Toxically Optimistic’ Smith Is Looking Ahead
The CEO is standing at reception when I arrive. I check my watch. “Sorry, I’m a bit late, traffic.” He welcomes me, shakes my hand and assures me it’s no problem. Gary Lemke writes that the last...
The Miracle Of New Life
Foaling season has been upon us and with that come the stories of joy, distress, celebration, excitement and hope. In fact, if it’s an emotional rollercoaster you want to go on, then strap yourself...
Pocket Rocket Zonn Hitting the Heights
Behind the main structure of the 21 000-capacity Silver Stadium, which is home to Malawi Premier Division football club Silver Strikers, is a netball court, and next to that a basketball court. It...
How Judo Has Helped Win In Life
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe Judo is one of those “minor” codes that doesn’t get much airtime in a country with a fixation on the “Big 3” of football, rugby and cricket. As a sport it struggles to...