http://www.NewsTime.co.za en-gb Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:44:37 GMT Copyright: (C) NewsTime 20 The 2010 Tri-Nation has been a disappointment. Some would even call it a disaster, and I would not disagree with them much. See for me it's not that the Boks surrendered their crown to the All-Blacks. Or that we lost so heavily in the Antipodes. John Smit losing his 100th Test in such heartbreaking fashion isn't even it. No, for me the tragedy ... http://www.NewsTime.co.za/rs_articles_contributors.asp?conid=2&recid=2196 Bonga Ntshingila Fri, 3 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT You know something is wrong when Jackson Mthembu comes across as the reasonable voice in any debate. The media is its own worst enemy in this whole brouhaha regarding potential media freedom infringements in the Protection of Information Bill and the mooted Media Appeals Tribunal (MAT). It should not ever be the most difficult thing to do to defend ... http://www.NewsTime.co.za/rs_articles_contributors.asp?conid=2&recid=2157 Bonga Ntshingila Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:00:00 GMT Springbok skipper John Smit's centenary Test could not have been filled with more drama and occasion. A century of Tests is in itself a big enough sub-plot for any match between the All Blacks and the Springboks. The clash of the two Southern Hemisphere rivals is, despite what anyone else may dare tell you, rugby's greatest matchup. That this one ... http://www.NewsTime.co.za/rs_articles_contributors.asp?conid=2&recid=2117 Bonga Ntshingila Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:12:00 GMT Barrack Obama is facing approval ratings previously reserved for members of the Bush family. Yes, that bad. And this after he has widened the healthcare net against stiff opposition. he has also just passed legislation that is expected to go some way towards limiting the more leveraged roulette antics of Wall Street's finest. Add to that the ... http://www.NewsTime.co.za/rs_articles_contributors.asp?conid=2&recid=2068 Bonga Ntshingila Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:00:00 GMT I was going to write a piece about Pitso Mosimane's first Bafana squad, but given I have a rather limited tolerance for police cells and I cannot say with any certainty that Bafana do not have sway in the corridors of power, I will stick to everyones favourite subjects of ridicule - England. I'll spare our resident schizoid cranky/smug friend Bullard ... http://www.NewsTime.co.za/rs_articles_contributors.asp?conid=2&recid=2029 Bonga Ntshingila Fri, 6 Aug 2010 22:00:00 GMT That Barcelona FC are one of the giants of world football is moot. That they represent, along with such iconic clubs as rivals Real Madrid, Ajax Amsterdam and Manchester United, the beautiful free flowing, attack minded face of the beautiful game. They are if you like, the yin to the organised, defensive oriented stylings of the Italian triumvirate ... http://www.NewsTime.co.za/rs_articles_contributors.asp?conid=2&recid=1994 Bonga Ntshingila Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:00:00 GMT The story goes that a Bok coach called a union president's office enquiring as to whether he could acquire two tickets for some friends to come join him at the rugby that coming weekend. The story goes on to say the response was to put the phone down on the guy as he was believed to be a pranker. Why so? No one would believe that a Bok coach had two ... http://www.NewsTime.co.za/rs_articles_contributors.asp?conid=2&recid=1964 Bonga Ntshingila Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:32:00 GMT Amidst all the wailing and gnashing of teeth after the Bok's trouncing in Eden Park last weekend, people seemed to lose perspective and context. It is almost expected of course that a loss by the Boks would be met with wailing and a sense of an impending Armageddon for our beloved sporting code. That is just how passionate Bok supporters are. ... http://www.NewsTime.co.za/rs_articles_contributors.asp?conid=2&recid=1932 Bonga Ntshingila Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:48:00 GMT The government this week sought to dismiss fears of a looming outbreak in xenophobic. There has been talk, since about just before the world cup, that there were rising tensions in squatter communities where large numbers of illegal immigrants live. The talk has been that the violence would break out after the World Cup had ended. One would imagine ... http://www.NewsTime.co.za/rs_articles_contributors.asp?conid=2&recid=1895 Bonga Ntshingila Fri, 9 Jul 2010 15:22:00 GMT If you are looking for a serious deliberation on the quite frankly embarrassing conviction of former police commissioner and ex-Interpol chief Jackie Selebi, then you my friend are at the wrong place. If however you, just like me are flabbergasted at just how little it took to bring down a man who had access to so much power and influence, then ... http://www.NewsTime.co.za/rs_articles_contributors.asp?conid=2&recid=1865 Bonga Ntshingila Sat, 3 Jul 2010 04:27:00 GMT