SA Rugby director of rugby Rassie Erasmus says a transformed environment is a winning environment. You'll never have a successful team if it is not transformed, he says. He says at the World Cup, "we had a 100% happy, transformed, diverse team." Rugby World Cup winning Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus issued a caveat before his virtual talk on Thursday:…
The University of Cape Town has released a report which looks at various contradictions, but also moves towards transformation, writes Gabriel Hooisan Khan and Professor Loretta Feris.Cape Town is a city of contradictions.100-year-old mosques and churches sit uncomfortably beside colonial monuments; informal settlements stretch a stone's throw away from affluent mansions; and contemporary art by Black…
Enoch Godongwana, chair of the ANC's Economic Transformation Committee Photo: Thapelo Maphakela The ANC’s Economic Transformation Committee has published its discussion document on how SA can rebuild its economy to recover from Covid-19 effects.Investing in infrastructure, accelerating land reform and industrialisation of labour-intensive sectors are among many proposals contained in the document.But it also proposes…
Heinz Schenk - Sport24 The South African rugby fraternity might've written 2020's Super Rugby campaign off weeks ago already, but the start of this week has seemingly brought us "official" finality.Level 3 lockdown leaves us none the wiser as to when local franchises will return to training and the commencement of New Zealand's "Super Rugby…
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…