Lonwabo Miso Breaks Down Doors on Historic gsport Awards Night
From Kwa-Thema to a historic double at the 21st gsport Awards, Lonwabo Miso opens up to gsport about the sleepless nights, the sacrifices and the door-breaking work ethic that carried her to the very top of South African sports broadcasting.
Feeling the Unstoppable Energy of the gsport Awards
From the red carpet to the final envelope, the 21st gsport Awards turned the Wanderers Club into a celebration of every South African sportswoman who has been seen, named and honoured across 20 years of making women’s sport visible.
In Their Own Words, That Winning Feeling at the 21st gsport Awards
From speechless to over the moon, seven honourees told gsport exactly how it felt in the minutes after they left the stage at the 21st gsport Awards, and not one of them stayed on herself for longer than a sentence before thanking somebody else.
Yamkela Njapha: My gsport Journey ~ From Follower to Family
Yamkela Njapha turned years of quietly following gsport into a place behind the camera at the Hall of Fame Luncheon and the 21st gsport Awards, walking away with confirmation that her mission to grow women’s sport in Africa matters.
African Football Trailblazer Portia Modise Takes Her Place in gsport Hall of Fame
From White City, Jabavu, to the summit of African football, Portia Modise becomes the 21st gsport Hall of Fame inductee, a torchbearer whose 102 goals light the way for a generation of South African girls!
Janine Anthony, a Global Architect of Women’s Football Firsts
From dreaming of playing like Mercy Akide-Udoh to building Africa’s first all-female WAFCON commentary teams, Janine Anthony tells gsport how a denied football dream empowered her to launch a movement for the women’s game.
Erin Groll and the Art of Looking Beyond the Finish Line
Erin Groll tells gsport how savings, self-belief and a lifelong love of track and field carried her onto the sport’s biggest stages, and why she wants every young South African woman with a camera to know she deserves to be there too.
Twenty Years of Making the Story Visible
Twenty years ago Kass Naidoo had one idea, to make the story of South Africa’s girls and women in sport visible, and on Saturday gsport turns 20 with Penny Heyns, Kgothatso Montjane and Janine Anthony saluting the journey.
Kgothatso Montjane Still Chasing Her Maiden Singles Grand Slam Title
Fresh from another fighting Wimbledon campaign, South African wheelchair tennis icon Kgothatso Montjane reflects on her pursuit of a maiden singles Grand Slam, saying goodbye to long-time partner Lucy Shuker, and building pathways for the next generation.
Record-Breaker Aimee Canny Ready for the Glasgow Games
From the Knysna Dragons to swimming’s biggest stages, Aimee Canny talks to gsport about her record-breaking rise, her Virginia dynasty years and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games campaign that could deliver her first senior international medal.
The Fight That Made Tumi Sekhukhune
Tumi Sekhukhune has rebuilt herself before and she is ready to do it again, opening up to gsport on the perseverance, reinvention and self-belief that define her comeback spirit.
Penny Heyns Marks 30 Years Since Historic Atlanta Gold
Penny Heyns reflects on the 30th anniversary of her historic winning of the 100m breaststroke at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, to become South Africa’s first Olympic gold medallist of the democratic era, ending the nation’s 44-year wait for gold.