Schalk Burger South Africa’s Schalk Burger is one of the leading rugby players in the world and was a member of the triumphant Springboks team which won the Rugby World Cup in 2007. He burst onto the international rugby scene in unforgettable style in 2004. Following...
Deshun Deysel Deshun Deysel is one of South Africa’s leading female mountaineers. In her 15 year career as a high altitude mountaineer, she has been on 14 major expeditions to five continents. In 1996 she made history by being part of the first group of South...
Natalie du Toit History was made in Beijing in 2008 when South Africa’s Natalie du Toit became the first ever amputee to qualify for the Olympic Games, where she finished 16th in the 10km open water swim. At the time she was one of only two athletes to have competed...
Desiree Ellis South African football legend Desiree Ellis made her international debut in 1993 at the remarkable age of 30; a time normally considered a retiring point in professional football. In her first game for the South Africa national women’s football team,...
Butch James A member of the triumphant 2007 South African Rugby World Cup winning side, Butch James is renowned for his kicking, his distribution of the ball and his ferocious defence. An inspirational fly-half, he helped to nullify the influence of Jonny Wilkinson,...
