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Sports Roundup — Monday, August 4, 2014

Cricket: Kallis lauded as an all-time great Tributes continued to pour in for Jacques Kallis, who retired from international cricket after an illustrious 19-year career. Fellow cricketers and the South African Cricketers’ Association (Saca) praised Kallis for his outstanding contribution to the game on Thursday.  Proteas test captain Hashim Amla, […]

Resilience and the child

[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] Much has been written about the ‘children of today’, being the ‘leaders of tomorrow’. In harmony with […]

Sports Roundup — Monday, July 28, 2014

Rugby Commonwealth Games:  South Africa stun New Zealand for sevens gold South Africa stunned four-time champions New Zealand with a nail-biting 17-12 final victory to seal Commonwealth rugby sevens gold at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow on Sunday (July 27). Tries from Seabelo Senatla (2) and Cecil Afrika, one converted by […]

Make this Women’s Day matter! — End exploitation!

The “Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act” has not yet been implemented despite President Zuma signing the comprehensive legislation into law in December 2013. The illegal sex-industry in SA is largely overlooked by authorities because of a lack of proper regulation. However, sexual exploitation and abuse of women […]