‘gsport Reminds Us that Our Work Matters’ — Vusiwe Ngcobo
2023 Woman in TV Award winner Vusiwe Ngcobo has graced our screens for over a decade, becoming a mainstay in South African broadcasting. She remains humble despite her star status, thankful for all she has achieved in the industry.
Penny Heyns: Committing to Your Craft
2020 Momentum gsport Awards ambassador, Penny Heyns, attributes her success to the commitment and dedication that she invested in every aspect of her career. In her second column of the #gsport15 campaign, Heyns speaks about the importance of going the extra mile to fulfil your purpose.
Sipokazi Sokanyile’s Rise to International Media Star
Cricket South Africa Media Manager, Sipokazi Sokanyile, is playing a significant role in the media game, which has seen her journey from intern to international media star. She chats to Celine Abrahams about her love for cricket and her passion to see women in sport thriving.
Kass Blog: gsport Hacked!
I am a self-confessed Internet junkie, spending large parts of my day devouring online news of all kind, but mainly sport. It’s often difficult to convince me to take a holiday where there is no Internet access. The thought of not being able to log on to gsport is unbearable. And then last week Thursday, […]
5 minutes with Farwa Mentoor
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 […]
Elana Meyer, Queen of the Road
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 […]
Khetsiwe’s Splash of Maturity
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 […]
The Language of Destiny
“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.
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 […]