Final score: Mexico 2 – 0 Bafana Bafana I am disappointed in the result, like all South Africans. The reality is you win some and you lose others. In my many years in sport as a coach, administrator, manager, leader and strategist, I have come across this principle of life a million times. I do not think that Coaches Hugo and Helman went into the game against Mexico wanting to lose. I am 100% sure that they spent 100s of hours studying their opponents. By the way, the opponen

This is the final article in my series and focuses on changes needed within the South African sporting fraternity if it is to build a world-class sport culture. I have received positive support for the ideas presented in Parts I and II (full versions available on my website); for that I am truly grateful. To quickly recap, Part I identifies the issues that need to be addressed to make sports more accessible to impoverished communities and to build a larger talent pool from wh

In Part 1 , I shared five reasons why South African sports remain mediocre and are failing to realise their full potential, from our inability to introspect and face uncomfortable truths to resistance to change and a lack of integrity among key stakeholders. These issues vary in nature, ranging from soft and straightforward to hard and complex. In this article, I aim to dispel the myth that individual successes in elite sporting events, such as the World Championships and the

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RETHINKING PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SCHOOL SPORTS IN SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS: A CALL TO ACTION TO THE NEW MINISTER OF BASIC EDUCATION

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