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It’s hard to figure out how Thabiso Sikwane gets everything done, and still manage to be a devoted wife and a loving mom. Her latest challenge shows that this career woman is prepared to follow her dreams and at the same time, is hungry for adventure. The host of SAfm’s Afternoon Talk is planning to […]
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“We defend ourselves with descriptions, and tame the world by generalising,” wrote the prolific novelist, Dame Iris Murdoch. It’s so true, isn’t it? Most of us learned when we were quite little that some words would get us into trouble, and some would get us out of it.
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Some of South Africa’s top female chess players will be in action later this month when the Gauteng Junior Chess Association hosts the South African Ladies Open Chess Tournament at the Cresta Shopping Centre from 26 – 29 April.
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Khetsiwe has been making quite a splash in the media recently, including a quarter-page interview by The Star journalist Linda Mbongwa and photographer Bongiwe Mchunu in the Joburg-based daily newspaper’s sports pages. And not without reason: ‘Kay’ (as she’s known to her friends) is currently one of South Africa’s top-ranked divers, and her coach Dominique […]
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Elana Meyer is one of South Africa’s top women athletes, having set 23 South African records, and her domination of the domestic road running scene is without peer, having lost only five times to another South African on the road. With a focus on Distance Running and the gsport April theme of Responsibility, we were […]
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For five consecutive years, Farwa Mentoor has been South African’s top female finisher in the Comrades Marathon, usually dominated by the Russians. Last year, 15 minutes from the Comrades finish line, Farwa’s body gave in, and her legs just refused to go on, but in true Comrades spirit, she willed herself on and crawled on […]
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Easter Saturday will see 25 000 runners take part in the annual Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon presented by Nike, making it the biggest ever running event in South Africa.
Youth Over Experience in Juniors
South Africa’s emerging crop of future world-beating surf stars claimed the honours on the third day of the Billabong Junior Series event in Durban on Saturday with a pair of 13 year-olds reaching the U20 girls final.
Team Duravit Scoop Cape Epic
The Ladies Division of the 2007 Absa Cape Epic race was scooped up by South Africans Anke Erlank-Moore and Yolandè de Villiers of Team Duravit, who lead the race from start to finish, without conceding the stage leaders’ tag once during the 8-stage endurance challenge.
2007 April gSTAR: Praxedis Dim
17-year old Praxedis Dim hails from the south of Johannesburg, Kliptown to be exact. She is a bright young prospect in the athletics world of South Africa, and is making her mark. Praggy, as she is known to those close to her, is a very shy young lady that was not even aware of her […]
2007 April Style Star: Joanne Joseph
Since she was a child, Joanne Joseph showed a keen interest in what was going on in the world, and come April 2007, she is one of the most popular faces on TV, and has turned news-reading into an art. The likeable SABC 3 News@7 anchor has mixed charm and intellect with a good dose […]
2007 April Woman in Media: Melinda Lombard
If you’ve been watching the cricket on SABC Sport and wondering who was behind the whole operation, look no further than Melinda Lombard. A passionate sports fan, and a perfectionist of note, Melinda is the Executive Producer of SABC Sport’s live ICC Cricket World Cup broadcast and she is enjoying every minute of it. This […]