A huge draw in the poor areas of Kinshasa, the sport involves men and women who use magic in the ring
As I enter the exhibition titled Names in Uphill Letters — A historiography of the newsmakers who tread(ed) South Africa’s soil, at the Workers Museum in Newtown, I encounter a photography lecturer, reflecting with a group of students on the picture frames by freelance photojournalist Jacob Mawela. The museum itself has a chequered history starting […]
The Clash of the Dunes is one of the most anticipated bouts in recent memory but something feels off about the whole affair
Williams, the only black South African player in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, was a complex figure in complex times. He deserves to be remembered as such
Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee
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A Giant Tree Has Fallen combines essays on and by Ali Mazrui as well as tributes from admirers, critics, family members and journalists
By blackballing Colin Kaepernick, NFL owners are telling all black athletes to stay silent and subservient.
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Ramaphosa called for the party to hold hands and strategise a battle plan to win back the province and the city from the Democratic Alliance.
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The world-renowned boxer and political activist died on Friday. He was 74. Over 14 000 people met to honour him at his Thursday jenazah, or funeral.
The late boxer will be remembered for his prowess in the ring as well as his fierce criticism of racism in the US.
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The three-time heavyweight champion and one of the best-known figures of the 20th century died on Friday in hospital.
A photo of Nick Durandt holding a boxing mitt and Muhammad Ali delivering a mock blow occupies pride of place in the gym of one of SA’s top trainers.
US boxing champion Muhammad Ali has celebrated his 70th birthday, with friends and fans worldwide seeing him as "still the greatest".
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/ 13 January 2012
At the Muhammad Ali Centre, visitors see the world heavyweight champion railing against war, segregation and poverty. They also see his softer side.
Muhammad Ali is returning to his former hometown of Louisville, Kentucky to celebrate a milestone — his 70th birthday.
<b>Mike Lewis</b> on the former world heavyweight boxing champion with a much-feared left hook.
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/ 29 October 2009
The reminder that yet another anniversary is here had George Foreman thinking that maybe it’s time to visit an old friend.
At an age when he could be forgiven for slipping on his favourite pair of slippers, relaxing in a fireside armchair and re-watching any one of the 500 or more world-title fights he has promoted, Don King refuses to fade away. The stentorian voice still booms as it has since the days of Muhammad Ali’s Rumble in the Jungle.
Tennis greatness is measured in Grand Slam triumphs, but that doesn’t make the game’s best players immune to the lure of Olympic gold. Andy Roddick has decided to skip the Beijing Games in August in order to prepare for a run at the US Open, but for most of the top players on the ATP and WTA tours, the Games remain a key event in the 2008 calendar.
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/ 6 December 2007
Floyd Mayweather doesn’t mind playing a bad guy if it helps make him a rich guy because growing up around criminals has pushed him to become boxing’s top star and an undefeated champion. The unbeaten 30-year-old American trash talker puts his World Boxing Council welterweight crown at stake on Saturday against undefeated English rival Ricky Hatton.
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/ 18 October 2007
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ended eight years of self-exile on Thursday, making a comeback that could eventually lead to power sharing with President Pervez Musharraf. ”I am thankful to God, I am very happy that I’m back in my country and I was dreaming of this day,” said a sobbing Bhutto.