Category: Exchange
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How Amore Bekker trekked her way from sheep shearing to stardom
Hetta Bekker was invited to tell her story about her stint as a sheep shearer on radio, and that led to an audition that she passed with flying colours, even if she later had to change her name to Amore for her big break.
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The Power of Winning Ugly, in Rugby & in Life
A cliché you often hear in rugby is ‘winning ugly’, which means getting a result despite being off your best.
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Hey, Bro, Do You Even Know Rugby?
There really is nothing like watching the match live. It’s electric. And alive and unedited. And you really should pay attention to the kit your team wears so that you don’t look a complete twit and cheer for the wrong team.
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Meet the Hollywood actress who became a knitwit for Madiba
As the “Chief Knitwit” of 67 Blankets, Carolyn Steyn is a model of community spirit in action, in line with the Great Man’s famous mantra that “it always seems impossible until it’s done.”
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The Unintended Consequences of Super Rugby’s Big Team Divorces
SA Rugby have just retrenched the Cheetahs and Kings. Or are they going through a divorce? Either way, both teams are out of Vodacom Super Rugby and as part of the settlement, the discarded franchises are off to Europe to play in an expanded Pro12 tournament, starting in September.
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Should Rugby be Played With the Head or the Heart?
Rugby is a contact sport so emotions will run high, but they need to be harnessed for good. The next time you watch a game, look out for the draining effects of emotion.
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How fitness guru Lisa Raleigh discovered the secret of living life well
Ruda Landman talked Change with Lisa Raleigh. a model of the benefits of health and wellness, not just as a practical philosophy, but as a pathway to a thriving career.
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How tough guy Clint made his way from Backstage hero to the brink of superstardom
Clint Brink owes his raw, natural talent as much to his formative years in a rough neighbourhood in Paarl in the Boland, where he learned how to think quickly on his feet in situations “where you are scared to be yourself and scared to look different”.
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The Accountant With a Head for Rugby
Western Province Captain Chris van Zyl didn’t get into professional rugby the traditional way, and it’s seen him playing with a chartered accountancy qualification under his belt.
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Let’s Keep it Local, Bokke!
As seen in the recent series against the French, a series that saw coach Allister Coetzee pick only locally based players in the run on XV, the Boks can win without the overseas based players.