Gavin Hunt (Gallo Images) Bidvest Wits coach Gavin Hunt was delighted to end the 2019/20 Absa Premiership season on a positive note ahead of an uncertain future for both him and the club.Hunt steered his side to one last victory and fourth place on the league standings before they cease to exist in their current…
The inaugural Champions Trophy saw Hansie Cronje's SA outfit steamroll all foes, en route to the title in Dhaka.A young, still swift-bowling Jacques Kallis lit up the tournament with both blade and ball.The Proteas have almost always wilted in big white-ball jamborees subsequently.It is a constantly discomfiting thought that South Africa, widely acknowledged as a…
Transvaal's cricket team led by David Dyer and then Clive Rice became perhaps the most iconic SA provincial outfit ever.In a roughly 10-year period, they gobbled up 17 trophies across the three main competitions.Veteran Graeme Pollock's mastery at the crease and the strike hostility of Sylvester Clarke were key features.All-conquering periods of extreme dominance by…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…