Pistorius breaks barriers in sport and fashion.

Pistorius breaks barriers in sport and fashion.

Oscar Pistorius – GQ's Superhuman of the Year

Fresh from his extraordinary performances and starring roles at the Olympics and Paralympics, Oscar Pistorius was photographed exclusively for GQ Style magazine.

As GQ’s reining Best Dressed Man of the Year, Pistorius is known to break barriers in both sport and fashion.

He is a national treasure, says journalist Jason Alexander Basson, who interviewed Pistorius for the magazine. He is a symbol of the struggle for freedom, not only from the challenges associated with being a double amputee, but also from popular misconceptions that depict disability as an “alien” condition.

In Pistorius’s opinion, we need to create societies where the facts are dealt with rather than treated as an elephant in the room.

The Frock Report congratulates all winners, especially Oscar

“We don’t need to hide or sugar-coat disability because it’s nothing to be ashamed of… The only way to overcome our ingrained cultural stigmas is to open up and communicate about them,” Pistorius told the magazine.

“Fashion evokes emotion. It also serves as a visual insight into another person. You can tell what mood they’re in – not only by what they’re wearing, but by the way in which they wear it.”

                           I was pregnant when I won that gold

 

Kerri Walsh Jennings of the United States celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's beach volleyball gold medal match against the United States on day 12 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Horse Guard's Parade on August 8, 2012 in London, England
Image by: Ryan Pierse / Getty Images

Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings (born August 15, 1978) is an American professional beach volleyball player. She is able to balance her family planning and her profession as a beach volleyball player.

On the Today (1 October 2012) show broadcast by US Olympic telecaster NBC, Walsh said she is 11 weeks pregnant with her third child, meaning she was more than a month pregnant when she and May-Treanor won their third Olympic title in a row.

Walsh Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics. They have been called "the greatest beach volleyball team of all time."

She is not just a loving mother and a professional beach volleyball player, but a TV star also. In February 2006, Walsh Jennings had a guest-starring role in an episode of CSI: Miami along with several other AVP Volleyball players.Walsh Jennings hosts a weekly, one-hour radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Faction 28 station. It airs every Sunday morning at 9 AM Eastern time.Kerri Walsh Jennings appeared in the Game Show Network television show Extreme Dodgeball. She was a member of the Detroit Spoilers, who lost all ten games they played.Kerri Walsh Jennings also appeared alongside her volleyball partner Misty May-Treanor on the show Shaq Vs. in August 2009.

She is a passionate 34 year old mother who believes that she is still young and has much more to learn, and so much more to accomplish. She is planning on coming back stronger and smarter.

                                 

How can we help all officials involved in the "stop drug abuse in sports SA"?

       SA sports must stop drug abuse


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South Africa’s drug abuse rates have gone high by 17%, according to the 2011/2012 drug abuse statistics. Sports seem to be making headlines of cases of sportsmen abusing drugs.

A total of 55 doping rule violations were reported across 13 sports disciplines in South Africa between April 2011 and June 2012, the SA Institute for Drug Free Sport (Saids) announced on Wednesday (19 September 2012).

“The concern we have is that athletes continue to have a 'laissez faire' attitude towards sports supplements, even though they run the risk of it severely impacting on the longevity of their sports careers,” CEO Khalid Galant said in a statement.

Since sports is about to be an investment of job creation in SA. SA sports officials should also take a closer look at drug abuse in SA sports. It is becoming a serious concern for the nation because of the lately reported cases.

It is quite obvious that sports officials are doing something to work on decreasing drug abuse in sports SA. What can we do as Public Relations Practitioners to assist the SA sports officials to campaign on reducing drug abuse in sport SA.

                                                    
                                                    

The mark you leave behind

The mark you leave behind

When someone passes on, you hear all the remarks people pass about the deceased.

(2012-09-14) Is the day SA rugby members wake up to the sadness of Malome Peter Maimane passing.

Malome Peter Maimane (File)

Springbok captain Jean de Villiers pays tribute to former Springbok technical analyst Malome Peter Maimane 1971 – 2012, who died on Thursday 11 September 2012. Jean de Villiers describes him as an ‘integral’ part of the team during his term.

Malome Peter Maimane (41),worked as a technical advisor for the Bulls and Lions Super Rugby teams and as an analyst to both the SA Under-19 and Emerging South Africa teams before receiving the call to work with the senior side.

Malome Peter Maimane touched the lives of most of the rubgy players. Springbok players mention that they will miss his big smile that he used to pull while standing at the side of the rugby field.

“He was one of the real characters of the Springbok squad in the time he was with them; a man of great good humour and positivity who was always ready with a laugh and joke to brighten the team environment.”

“This is very sad news indeed,” said Mr Oregan Hoskins, president of the South African Rugby Union. “Apart from his technical expertise, Malome’s larger-than-life personality set him apart."

Malome Peter Maimane will be missed.

Marikana massacre steers limelight from Paralympics

marikana massacre strike cartoon. What a shame!

The Marikana massacre steers the limelight away from the Paralympics. It was that time were citizens say farewell to their Paralympics participants who are going to take part at the 2012 London Paralympics.

 South Africans did not have enough chance to give paralympians enough support for their departure as a dark cloud of sorrow surrounds Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine in the North West.

On the 16^th of August 2012 dark cloud surrounds the Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine in the North West. More than 35 miners (some are still missing since the protest) and two policemen were killed during the Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine protest.

President Jacob Zuma said he was “shocked and dismayed” at what appeared to be one of the bloodiest police operations since the end of white-minority rule in 1994 in Africa's biggest economy.

It is sad that SA 2012 London paralympians did not get full blown attention and support from their fellow citizens because of the terrible incidence that saddened the whole country.

SA uses sports as a tool to create jobs

           SA Netball used as a tool for job creation



Simnilawe Ndaka (left) and Ilzeri Britz in action during

 the Spar Netball Championships at the University of Johannesburg

Netball is one of the most popular women's participation sports in Africa. SA decides to turn SA netball professional. This is one of the ways to create jobs in SA. Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says: “If you invest in a woman, you are breaking the cycle of poverty and this is what it’s about”.

SA netball to turn professional is news that received huge applause at the Heartfelt Centre in Pretoria on Tuesday, at the launch of the four-day Diamond Challenge.

SA unemployment  rate reads 24.9% at the second quarter of the year 2012. It is an issue that the country is trying to fight against because most of the unemployed people are the youth.

SA is looking at all the tools and ways they can use to create jobs. Sports is one of the tools SA is using to create jobs. They are doing that by investing in sports, starting from development to professionalism in sports.

                 

Values of national anthem

An England fan sings the national anthem:

 Olympics 2012 National Anthem

Values of the National anthem

A national anthem (also national hymn, song etc.) is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people. The majority of national anthems are either marches or hymns in style.

As much as a National Anthem says a lot ab out a country, not all nations value it the same way because different Anthems say a whole lot of things.  The Congo national anthem asks: “And if we have to die/ Does it really matter?” The opening line of Ukraine’s anthem is: “Ukraine is not yet dead.”

 Not everyone enjoys singing their National Anthem. British athletes stayed silent during the singing of the anthem (God Save the Queen) at the London Olympics 2012. Piers Morgan to donate £1,000 to Great Ormond Street every time a British winner sings the national anthem at the London Olympics 2012.