As the plastic horns of the vuvuzelas finally fell silent on Monday morning, and the numerous vendors in each host city selling scarves and flags of the teams took the day off, it’s the first time in six years that there is no soccer to look forward to in South Africa. Since the announcement was [...]
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Rich Mkhondo’s words not so rich in substance
June 11, 2009
Rich Mkhondo is a senior member of the Local Organising Committee of the Confed Cup and World Cup. He has been the LOC spokesman in a lot of the more recent interviews concerning these two tournaments therefore his job must be quite important. I caught a recent ETV News interview of his which left me [...]
Why I hate Zakumi
May 27, 2009
Lisbon, Portugal – It’s a very strange job description indeed: Duties – to wear a ridiculous outfit and look even more ridiculous while travelling the world in the lap of luxury, all expenses paid and pretending to be a happy, green coloured leopard who loves football. Requirements: No skills or qualifications needed, must be willing [...]





July 15, 2010
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