South Africa Digested
You might have heard British journalist Neal Collins on Radio 702 or Cape Talk during the Soccer World Cup or read his stories in the Independent’s newspapers such as The Mercury.The veteran sports writer of top UK papers such as the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard has South African roots – growing up in [...]
Even with fun, new-fangled ways to share experiences, such as Twitter and Facebook, even with online and with the 2010 FIFA World Cup haven taken place right here in our own country, big international sporting events belong to television. You might have sprung the cash to go see two or three live games during the [...]
By ANDREW TRENCH The other day we were sitting watching a world cup game and wondering if the nationality of a team’s coach had any impact on the team’s performance. It’s hard to say that without appearing xenophobic but we had just witnessed a flurry of exists by teams who had non-nationals as the coach. [...]
Need we say more. I think I can speak for all our countrymen when I say we wouldn’t have minded if Parreira had decked Domenech.
Take a look at The Mercury’s great front page today in honour of the big Brazil-Portugal game that is taking place at 4pm in Durban. I love that masthead and Page 1 and 2 is completely in Portuguese (remember Brazilans speak Portuguese too) while Page 3 is back to English. (There are couple more special [...]
It’s not often that I get to climb off my high horse but here goes, and I hope I manage it with some aplomb. Yesterday I had a frothy about a lack of personality at the Independent’s three morning newspapers (The Star, Cape Times and The Mercury) that all took the same line in their [...]
Notice anything about today’s front pages of The Star, Cape Times and The Mercury? They all played last night’s crucial Bafana World Cup game exactly the same! I know the papers’ owner, Independent Newspapers, has created a centralised subbing operation in order to contain costs in these straightened times but, bloody hell, where is the [...]
Before the 2010 FIFA World Cup came to town, I used to think of South Africans – myself included – as having a tendency to whine. But right now we are the centre of the universe and, remarkable as it may seem to us South Africans, we’re ok. Hardly a day goes by in this [...]
Is this video really of a real Argentina soccer training session? It looks like chaos. Very wacky, Wilde…
Investigative journalism is sexy in South Africa again –and that’s a good thing for journalism and the country –but mounting big national investigations is easier said than done. Neither of the new investigative units set up last year by Media24 and Independent Newspapers have too much to show for themselves as yet and we will [...]
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