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1990 - Present Day Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus Subscriber Content

admin October 10, 2019March 22, 2022 Alan Pather, Carl Lewis, Curtly Ambrose, Donovan Jansen, Eugene Moleon, Herman Gibbs, Keith Powell, Leon Pietersen, Morne Witbooi, Safwaan Simons, Terrence Smith, Usain Bolt

Multi-talented Moleon towered over his opposition

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the first chapter of a two-part series about former star athlete and cricketer Eugene...

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1970s 1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus Subscriber Content

admin September 20, 2018March 22, 2022 Amanda Forbay, Andre Alexander, Argyle Stanfliet, Avril de Waal, Bernard Adams, Carol Esau, Caval Marthinussen, Charles Isaacs, Colleen MacKay, Dianne Carelse, Freddie Williams, Gawa Moyce, George van der Burg, Gillian Kay, Helena Marais, Ian February, Ingrid Arendse, Isaac Arendse, Ivan Nefdt, Jennifer Martin, Leon Pietersen, Mark Bowers, May Pinto, Michael Chitter, Patrick Meyer, Quinton Arendse, Sandra May, Shaun Henry, Steven Ganger, Taurique Achmat, Theodore Williams, Wilton Pick, Zaida Bardien

May Pinto’s young captaincy run at 16

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS MAIN PICTURE: May Pinto, Bernard Adams, Leon Pietersen and Reneé Symonds THESE days there are sports leaders’...

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admin April 20, 2017March 22, 2022 Abraham Charles, Allan O'Ryan, Andre Rhoode, Andy James, Bobang Phiri, Brian Daniels, Bronwyn Bock, Cedric Momberg, Clint Cloete, Cornel van Sitters, Dean Daniels, Derick Fredericks, George van der Burg, GT Moodley, Ismail Collier, Ivan Masters, Leon Pietersen, Mark Frank, Odessa Krause, Owen Machelm, Phoebius Mullins, Rashard Williams, Sammy Frans, Shaun Vester, Shawn Abrahams, Terrence Smith, Theo Desmore, Walter Fourie

Rhoode thrills at schools’ meeting with a record-breaking run in the 400m

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS “THERE’S nothing better than to run in front of your own school at an athletics meeting...

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admin September 30, 2016March 22, 2022 Christy Davids, Clement du Plessis, Dianne Carelse, Emeraan Ishmail, Henry du Plessis, Herman Abrahams, Kevin Africa, Khalid Desai, Leon Pietersen, Robin April, Shaheeda Majiet, Wilfred Daniels, Willie Davids

Former athlete honours coach Willie Davids

By Emeraan Ishmail DURING the “golden years” of non-racial sport during Apartheid in the 1980’s,...

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admin September 23, 2016March 22, 2022 Dianne Carelse, Emeraan Ishmail, Henry du Plessis, Kevin Africa, Leon Pietersen, Mark Jacobs, Rodney Regter, Shaheeda Majiet

Political arrest shackles Emeraan Ishmail’s athletics career

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS WITH many school athletes’ lives revolving around their subjugation because of the politics of the day,...

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1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Subscriber Content

admin May 22, 2016March 22, 2022 Allan O'Ryan, Clement du Plessis, Dianne Carelse, Emeraan Ishmail, Franklin Jacobs, George van der Burg, Henry du Plessis, Herman Abrahams, Kevin Africa, Leon Pietersen, Lorna Daniels, Nazeem Smith, Robin April, Shaheeda Majiet, Sharon Price, Sharon Reynolds, Shaun Henry, Suezette Arendse, Troy Moses, Willie Davids

Perseverance pays off for speedster Kevin Africa

A MAN of few words, Kevin Africa just got on with it on the track. He has the distinction of...

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1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Subscriber Content

admin January 24, 2016March 22, 2022 Andre Alexander, Dianne Carelse, Kevin Afrika, Leon Pietersen, Robin April, Shaheeda Majiet, Suezette Arendse, Willie Davids

Plucky Dianne Carelse powers her way to the top

DIANNE CARELSE (Morgan) was one of the top athletes of her generation in 1982. Although her season got off to...

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1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Subscriber Content

admin November 19, 2015March 22, 2022 Bernard Adams, Cecil Blows, Freddie Williams, George van der Burg, Herman Abrahams, Ian Rutgers, Leon Pietersen, Robin April, Theo Desmore, Tommy van der Westhuizen

Schoolboy Leon Pietersen, 15, breaks two-minute barrier in 800m race

LEON Pietersen started out as a second-string sprinter, only to become the first 15-year-old South African Senior Schools Sports Association...

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admin August 31, 2015March 22, 2022 Aldridge Groener, Alex Moses, Andre Alexander, Charles Sprinkle, Christy Davids, Dianne Carelse, Garth Heldsinger, George van der Burg, Greg Sampson, Henry du Plessis, Jerome Sprinkle, Kevin Afrika, Leon Pietersen, Mark Frank, Michael Toll, Mohammed Paleker, Nariman Rylands, Odessa Krause, Pierre Abrahams, Sharon Siljeur, Stephen Cloete

Cloete comes good at champ of champs

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THE Stephen Cloete story is one of sheer and utter determination to reach the top....

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