Dr Serra Dreams Of Becoming SA’s Jerry Maguire
She’s just about reached the pinnacle of academics in her field of speciality, and a passion to enable South Africa’s athletes on and off the field may yet see a spectacular career change for Dr Pam Serra, Section Head of Sport and Recreation Management within the Department of Marketing, Logistics and Sport Management at Tshwane University of Technology.
2018 Edition of the TUT Female Football Internal League Eagerly Awaited
Third-year Sport Management students at Tshwane University of Technology are excited to emulate the success of the 2017 TUT Female Football Internal League, which morphed into a movement of mass participation, talent identification and women empowerment in sport.
Meyer Marks 21 Years Since Olympic Silver
South African distance running legend Elana Meyer marks 21 years since winning South Africa’s first Olympic medal since isolation
Seven-Stage 698km Absa Cape Epic 2013
Launched in Johannesburg on Wednesday, the 10th edition of the ABSA Cape Epic route is being billed as living up to its legendary reputation of the untamed African mountain bike race
Chetty: Go Out There and Do It
SAfm sports producer Chervon Chetty tells the story of how she snared the job of a lifetime with the SABC, and gets to devote her focus to the passion of her life – at work!
April 2010 Woman in Media: Natalie Le Clue
April’s media personality is Natalie Le Clue, a 23 year-old radio sports presenter and F1 aficionado of the most dedicated vein, to the extent that her insights have installed herself as SA’s only female F1 columnist.
Boland in Narrow National Champs Lead
Claudia Basson of Griqualand West (behind) and Ilse Botha of Central Gauteng compete for the ball, during their game on the fourth day of the SPAR Netball Championships taking place at the University of Pretoria. All pictures: Reg Caldecott Boland took the lead with two more victories on the fourth day of the Spar National […]
March 2008 Woman: Beaulah Schoeman
Beaulah Schoeman is the only woman in the world to head up a National Motorsport Federation. Here she is seen with the FIM Management Council at the 2004 FIM Congress in Paris. Beaulah Schoeman was passionate about Law until ill health got in the way of her dreams and she had to change her […]
February 2008 gSTAR: Geraldine Pillay
After putting in nearly four years of hard work and training, Geraldine Pillay is feeling upbeat about her chances of bringing back gold from the Beijing Olympics. For as long as she can remember Geraldine Pillay has always loved athletics. In fact when she was in Grade 1 she took up sprinting and […]
February 2008 Woman: Linda Ferns
Career Highlight: Athletics South Africa General Manager Linda Ferns, seen here with former President Nelson Mandela at the World Cross Country Championships in 1996, as the late Steve Tshwete (South African sports minister) looks on. People often say that you can only really succeed at something if you truly believe in it. […]
January Woman: Betty Mokoena
gsport’s January Woman, Betty Mokoena, epitomizes the saying: “Age ain’t nothing but a number”. At 22, Betty has already achieved what most people dream of. Not only does she get to play golf, the sport she so dearly loves, but she is able to give back in the most significant way, as a mentor at the Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation (EEFF).
Play Sport: For Health
Sport has a major impact on communities, and can be the key difference in creating a healthy and sustainable community life, as pointed out in the 2002 Ministerial Task Team on Sport (A High Performance Sports System for SA).