Category: Exchange
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When the boks chase the bucks
Yes it’s about earning money, but in a team sport like rugby, it’s also about understanding – and respecting – the rich culture and traditions. Today’s youngsters could do with a few years of mentoring before taking up that all important contract.
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What rugby can teach us about getting our game on
What if we approached the year ahead in the way rugby players do? What if we set out to really work out what we want to do in 2018, what we want to achieve and how we intend going about it?
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How Akin Omotoso is busting the big myth of South African movies
The celebrated actor, director, and producer has been turning his passion for motion pictures into miracles ever since his parents gave him a movie camera for his birthday.
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How Gina Athans, supermodel, found her purpose & remodelled her life
As a fashion model, she graced the runway and the covers of glossy magazines, married young, divorced young, and decided, still young, that her role in life was to be something more than a model.
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Holding out Hope for a New Bok Era
Zero continuity planning, instead a completely new approach every time. In effect three steps forward, and two steps back – at best. Most often four steps back, meaning that it has been incredibly difficult to take the South African game forward.
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For fans, fun and philanthropy
The first BrightRock Players Choice Awards aren’t just about giving players a pat on the back. They’re also about giving back.
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Talk to Your Money Before it Says Goodbye!
Money talks. It jingles it jangles, it rustles, it clatters, it ka-chings. Most of the time, before you can even get a word in edgeways, all it does is whisper as it waves you goodbye.
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Francois Van Coke, the teenage Punk rebel who shocked his family & made a name for himself
Taking time off from the thrash and grind of his professional duties, Francois sat down with Ruda to tell his fascinating story of teenage rebellion, the challenges and opportunities of a modern musical career, and the joys of suburban life and fatherhood in – where else – his old home dorp of Belville.
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What Rugby Can Teach Us About the Fine Art of Surviving the Pitch
Having spent some time with the bid team – I edited the magazine that was left with the decision makers after the team had made their final presentation in London – I got some insight into how much work actually went into that bid.
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Why the Rugby World Cup Always Ends in Tears
Ten years ago, in the stands of the Stade de France, I watched tears well in the eyes of a friend, a journalist by trade but a South African by soul. The Springboks had just beaten England.