Lucky Sindane
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/ 30 May 2008

Decade of a dream

It is 10 years since the South Africa Football Association (Safa) first announced its intention to host the sport’s biggest showpiece, the World Cup. Today, the idea, first mooted by former Safa president Solomon ”Stix” Morewa, is less than 740 days from being realised. The Mail & Guardian tracks the history of South Africa’s biggest sporting fantasy.

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/ 23 May 2008

Paddling in new directions

An invitation to a group of Soweto teenagers to join a neighbouring suburb’s boat race club came as a great opportunity. Unfortunately, some members of the group saw the opportunity in a hazy light. Members of one group saw it as a chance to make their name in a sporting code they previously knew nothing about. Others took it as an opportunity to smoke dagga.