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She is the only woman in South Africa that directs live soccer on TV, and just recently she branched into cricket TV production, providing one of her toughest career challenges to date. But for Keletso Totlhanyo, who started off in sports broadcasting 16 years ago, nothing fazes her easily. This award-winning producer/director has set her […]
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On a visit to the High Performance Centre (HPC) in Pretoria last week, I called in on the national women’s soccer team to check in on their preparations for the African Women’s Championships in Nigeria later this month.
Bodyboarding Champs End
The final day of the 20th Annual Bodyboarding Championships was an incredible sight, as the country’s top contenders fought for the glory of being named this year’s South African Champion.
Tenille Downs World No. 12
Tenille Swartz rounded off her experience at the Women’s World Team Squash Championships with a win over world number 12 Shelley Kitchen, as South Africa lost 2-1 to New Zealand in the playoffs to claim an overall sixth place finish.
2006 October gSTAR Portia Modise
Portia Modise is only 23-years-old, yet she’s been part of the national women’s soccer team for six years. In fact, the Banyana Banyana captain has seen it all: the good times and the bad, and she is still so passionate about her role as leader of the national team, and her goal of seeing women’s football in South Africa hold its own.
2006 October Style Star: Nicole Fox
Nicole Fox is one of South Africa’s most popular and stylish radio DJ’s, and it’s not hard to see why. A music fanatic who is hot, smart, sassy, and sporty… Well, if perving at hot footballers counts! Nicole has been on a host of “Hot 100” lists, nominated as “Best Radio Personality” three years in […]
2006 October Woman in Media: Keletso Totlhanyo
She is the only woman in South Africa that directs live soccer on TV, and just recently she branched into cricket TV production, providing one of her toughest career challenges to date. But for Keletso Totlhanyo, who started off in sports broadcasting 16 years ago, nothing fazes her easily. This award-winning producer/director has set her […]
2006 October Woman: Michelle Botes
One of South Africa’s best acting talents celebrates her birthday this month. They say don’t ask a woman her age, so we won’t. But, we just have to say that, like the rest of South Africa, we are in awe of Michelle Botes; best known for her role as Cherel de Villiers in SABC 3’s […]
Support
“We have forgotten the gifts that Gaia so freely gives. For it is the great Earth Mother who truly supports us as she carries us upon her body. It is she who provides us with nourishment, grown from her body. Her arteries are the rivers from which we drink and her soil is the womb […]
Women’s Corporate Soccer Flying High
As South Africa gears up to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup, people around the country are going soccer-mad, with a host of corporate leagues being launched. The SuperSport Corporate Soccer League is one of the popular ones. Now in its fifth year of operation, it includes leagues in Joburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and […]
Soccer for Starters
Last month, gsport launched ‘Sport for Starters’, a monthly serial feature aimed at getting you started in the sport that we feature, by focusing on a few introductory issues, and other articles which discuss the sport. This October, gsport’s look at Soccer coincides with the African Women’s Championship, which takes place in Nigeria, starting October […]
It’s A Guy Thing!
To coincide with gsport’s theme of SUPPORT this month, we celebrate a man who is passionate about helping women reach their full potential on the field – Banyana Banyana coach, Augustine Makalakalane.