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
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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.

Sports brings SA Nation together

The World Cup 2010 being held in South Africa,

from the 11th June until the 11th July.

Sports brings the SA Nation together

The biggest sporting events command huge audiences, providing dramatic moments which bring the nation together. Sometimes we need an adversary to vanquish to turn our I and me into an us and we. The SA Nation may think of themselves as independent individualists, yet they can be transformed into enthusiastic citizens, fans, members, followers or a team victory when failure was expected. 

Chad Le Clos and his great performance which made the SA Nation roar with happiness, has aroused the connection that brings the SA Nation together. It is beautiful how sports transform SA individuals into a Nation that is supportive to its fellow citizens that are participating. These transformed individuals do not care whether it’s their favorite team or individual sports stars that are taking part at a big event or small event, they become part of the celebration.

Swimming sensation Chad le Clos pushed

South Africa six places up the medals.

SA Nation expressed their passion for support when SA hosted the 2010 Soccer World Cup. It was not known that SA Nation can go all out when coming to sports events; it was only known that the SA Nation can go crazy when the two well-known local teams (Kaiser Chiefs and Pirates) play together. The passion for support was also expressed when our rugby boys (SA National Rugby team) went for the 2011 rugby world cup which took place in New Zealand.

 The Nation gave them a warm good luck when they left the country. This does not only happen to big teams or big sports stars, it happens through the sports world as a whole. Sports brings the SA Nation together.

Does deserve a warm welcome

Does deserve a warm welcome

The 29-year-old former Pakistan pace man Mohammad Asif, who  was jailed by a court in London in November last year, will be released from a British prison after completing half of his one-year sentence. He was found guilty of conspiring to cheat and conspiring to accept corrupt payments over deliberate no-balls bowled during the Lord's Test against England in August 2010.



Mohammad Asif.

Asif was considered as one of the fastest rising pace man at the international level and he had taken 106 wickets in 23 Tests. He also had 46 wickets in 36 one-day internationals.

It sounds like corruption, Spot Fixing, in world of cricket has been an on-going thing that was not aware of, and until David Moulson wrote about Spot Fixing. This turned out to be a major eye opener in sport of cricket.

Do you think that Mohammad Asif will be treated the same way after this whole saga?

It is not what I expected

17-year-old boys passion is put on hold
for 3 years

Referee Chris de Beer (37), a member of the Blue Bulls Rugby Referee’s Society resigned from the society because he was unhappy about the outcomes of the charges he laid against a 17-year-old schoolboy who head-butted him at a rugby match. The Hans Strijdom High School boy from Limpopo Province (South Africa) is suspended for three years from anything that has to do with rugby.

Clearly that is not what Chris de Beer expected. His resignation from the BBRR’s shows his pettiness for the boy because he thought that the matter would be handled in a more lenient way.

His humiliation in front of the crowd might have been the reason why he went to the nearest police station and laid charges. For the fact that he laid charges at a police station made an expectation of the police being the ones handling the matter.

Do you think that the referee has all it takes to feel bad about the actions he took against the boy?

Are there better ways the on how the matter could have been handled?

Natalie du Toit should explain herself

  Natalie du Toit  should explain herself

                                                                 South African Paralympic swimmer Natalie du Toit  may not make it

                                                                                 for the 2012 London Paralympic Games 2012 .

 

Natalie du Toit (Olympic swimmer) may not make it for the 2012 London Paralympic Games, reports one of South Africans daily newspapers www.iol.co.za.

The paper explains how and why she is disqualified and she might appear to have not explained herself, especially to her fans and future investors.

How can we as PRP’s come up with a better suggestion of a platform where she can communicate more effective with her fan base?

v Well I have an answer for that; please do assist me if I’m wrong.

Natalie du Toit can use a blog to have an effective communication with the public.    

A blog is a personal website or web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis www.oxforddictionaries.com .

Poverty strikes us in many ways

     Poverty strikes us in different ways


SA retired soccer player are not doing well

The president of SAFPU, Hareipha ‘Simba’ Marumo asks we support retired soccer player.

“70percent of our retired players are living in extreme poverty”.

“The same players, who have been an inspiration and a symbol of unity to our nation, are today the subject of mockery and ridicule because just two years after retiring many of them are completely broke and have no skills to speak of to sustain their lives,” continued Marumo.

Marumo called on the PSL and the South African Football Association to help these players, whose situation is contributed to by a number of social factors, such as a lack of education and problems with alcohol abuse.

       Prevention is better than cure

South African Football Association would do with some advice, from a PRP, on how to come up with solid ways of securing better lives for retiring soccer players.


South African Football Association could have long initiated ways that will back up the lives of retiring soccer players, to avoid problems.

Soccer used for human trafficking

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Soccer used for human trafficking

Football is being used as a vehicle for human trafficking, with at least 4,000 young players illegally shipped from Africa to Europe to pursue dreams of a career in the game. The Star March 27 2012   reports.

Foot Solidaire, a French organisation that works to protect young footballers from exploitation, said it is dealing with at least 20 new cases each week and has called on Fifa to act. Parents are spending thousands of pounds to send their sons to Europe in the hope they will earn lucrative contracts, but the teenagers are then abandoned on the street.

In a special TV report shown on Sky Sports News last night, a Fifa-licensed agent in Cameroon was exposed offering to sell 14- and 15-year-olds for £25,000. A Fifa statement said: “Should any evidence be made available of any wrongdoing or abuse of Fifa’s regulations, we would naturally

Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labour, or a modern-day form of slavery.

#Human trafficking in South Africa is a serious problem and warrants intervention on all fronts, according to a study released at a National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) conference on human trafficking, ending today (24 March 2010).

This is where South Africa has to stand together and look into this problem. Are we the public relations practioners of the country doing something about it? What can we as PRP's do to campaign against these problem?



SPORTS    VS       RELIOGION

 
 Religion is a very strong point to rise within sports because we do not come from the same religion or family backgrounds. It is difficult to involve religion in a team because not everyone belongs to the same religion, it would be better if you involve your religion where you know that you are participating as an individual or if you are part of a team that belongs to the same religion.

 Religion is very important to boxing champion Manny Pacquiao. http://www.content.usatoday.com/

Manila – Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao said on Monday 19^th March 2012 that he had been told by God in a dream to retire soon, potentially raising doubt over hopes of a fight with American Floyd Mayweather. (19^th March 21, 2012 IOL News Live)

Religion in the Philippines

More than 90% of the population are Christians: about 80% belong to the Roman Catholic Church while 10% belong to other Christian denominations, such as the Iglesiani Cristo, the Philippine Independent Church, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, United Church of Christ in the Philippines, and Jehovah's Witnesses.[138] The Philippines is one of two predominantly Roman Catholic countries in Asia, the other being East Timor.www.google.Philipine



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Pacquiao, the world's best pound-for-pound fighter does not care if he is the best or not, he is following his believe. Does this mean that we will be having a lot of sports stars that will be leaving sports because of religion?

 

What is your take on Religion in sports?

HEALTH DRIVES OUR GRANDPARENTS BACK TO THE SPORTS GROUNDS

When a person gets old, there may be various health problems that can occur. The problems are due to the changes that occur in the body when a person gets old.

Sport for health drive

 On the 06^th of March 2012 Sowetan newspaper reported that MORE than 400 senior citizens in Soweto have gone back to the grounds to learn the basics of playing soccer and netball to keep themselves healthy and in good shape.

The grandmothers and grandfathers of Mzimhlophe have formed the Lilian Ngoyi Senior Citizens Club, which is coordinated by community leader Dipuo Rampai.

The energetic Rampai is the sister of the late Kaizer Ranamane, a former professional soccer player who died three years ago. http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/2012/03/06/sport-for-health-drive

 These are some are some of the common diseases one gets exposed to during old age;

v  Heart problems and Heart attack

v  Stroke:

v  Cancer

v  Diabetes

v  Kidney disease

v  Control Obesity

v  Prostate Enlargement

v  Osteoporosis (Weak bones)

v  Tuberculosis

v  Eyes Diseases

v  Skin Care

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This should be a wakeup call for us young ones because we are taking our health for granted. It would be better to start at a young age so that we practice the term “prevention is better than cure.”