by Henri Steenkamp | Dec 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
South African Louis Oosthuizen thought he played well in the Nedbank Golf Challenge, Nov. 8-11 at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City. Others, however, played a little better. England’s Lee Westwood fired a final-round 64 to finish 15 under par and win the...
by Henri Steenkamp | Nov 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
The announcement on Sept. 12 that Homo Sapiens’ earliest known drawing had been discovered in South Africa’s Blombos Cave was hailed as history-making. It is also being viewed, to some degree, as evidence of an ancient hashtag. The New York Times described the drawing...
by Henri Steenkamp | Oct 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Suffice it to say that longtime South African foreign minister Roelof “Pik” Botha, who died on Oct. 12 at age 86, danced to the beat of his own drummer. The Economist noted in his obituary that he liked to liven up governmental retreats by throwing live ammunition...
by Henri Steenkamp | Sep 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Springboks played unevenly (and sometimes less so) at the outset of the Rugby Championships, splitting their first two matches against Argentina. Aphiwe Dyantyi and Makazole Mapimpi tallied two tries apiece to lead the Boks to a 34-21 victory over the Pumas on...
by Henri Steenkamp | Jul 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Nelson Mandela lost his freedom, but never his voice. It resonates even now, five years after his death at the age of 95, in the pages of “The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela.” This collection of over 250 letters, most never before released, reflect the 27 years he...
by Henri Steenkamp | Jun 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
New Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus is literally changing the face of South African rugby, and the early results speak for themselves. The Boks emerged with a 2-1 test series victory over England in June, three months after Erasmus, a 45-year-old former Bok captain,...