Street mile runs out of favour in South Africa
THE Sacos-affiliated Western Province Amateur Athletic Union (WPAAU) provided the different forms of athletics to the disenfranchised in the Western
Read moreTHE Sacos-affiliated Western Province Amateur Athletic Union (WPAAU) provided the different forms of athletics to the disenfranchised in the Western
Read moreBY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the first chapter of a three-part series about former star athlete Johan Landsman of
Read moreBY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS EACH generation of athletes would call their era the ‘golden period’ of athletics. The 1960’s
Read moreBy CLEMENT DU PLESSIS WOULD they have been world class? This is often the discussions in athletics circles about the
Read moreBY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS “NO man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent,
Read moreBY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS JANTJIE Marthinus rose above countless obstacles to become an unparalleled nine times senior men’s 800m champion.
Read moreTHE newspaper clipping bears out some of the top achievers during the 1980s. Top left, Jantjie Marthinus, Harold Adams tucked in
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