Nancy Bulla
Death is a gift, writes Nancy Bulla from the US after her daughter’s fatal riding accident in South Africa.
Frank Hartry
Before this ANC-led government begins its disastrous Zanu-PF-style of muzzling the media, I, an incensed taxpayer, want to ask finance minister Pravin Gordhan what the final outcome was of the “illegal” spending of taxpayers’ money on World Cup tickets by government departments.
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Gayle Edmunds
When, 15 minutes before the end of that Ghana-Uruguay quarterfinal, Eskom pitched our suburb into darkness, the air turned blue as our usually unsporting family wailed with displeasure.
Kgothatso Mampa, Polokwane
I’m not an avid sports fan – for the very simple reason that people invest their emotions in something they have absolutely no control over.
Danie Joubert, Overstrand
One of the nicest features of the 2010 Fifa World Cup is the joy it has brought the millions of beautiful young people of our country, writes Danie Joubert.
MV Leburu
June 11, 2010 will forever be remembered. I watched on TV the match between Bafana Bafana and Mexico from home together with my mother, sister, nephew, niece and two other children.
Mauricio Janauskas
Uruguayan-born soccer fan Mauricio Janauskas has also become a fan of our country.
Tokiso Molefe
June 11 might as well have been a public holiday. The vibe in the Johannesburg CBD was electric. Traffic was crazy but nobody seemed to complain.
Bonolo Modise
Bonolo Modise writes about the concert of a lifetime. Send your World Cup moments and pictures to web@citypress.co.za.
Osman Abdi Mohamed
During the different struggles for liberation in Africa, blackness was always a symbol of unity, collective interest and of a force against oppression and inferiority.
Molalatladi 'a Mapheke
The story of Solomon Mahlangu is a sad reminder of the clumsy way in which the ANC fought the struggle and sacrificed valuable lives for very little in return.