![TOP PLAYER, BETTER MAN: Freddy Arendse, the footballer who played for fun and took his guitar wherever he went](https://i0.wp.com/rodneyreiners.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2d700b37-a3f0-4763-b02d-5f3ea31aa5f6-1.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Month: December 2022
![TOP PLAYER, BETTER MAN: Freddy Arendse, the footballer who played for fun and took his guitar wherever he went](https://i0.wp.com/rodneyreiners.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2d700b37-a3f0-4763-b02d-5f3ea31aa5f6-1.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
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MY MOM: Remembering, celebrating the inspirational woman I still carry deep within
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TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK: The men behind the Messi man
![TASWALD HUMAN: The man whose feet were blessed by the football gods](https://i0.wp.com/rodneyreiners.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/5acc72fd-64ba-4652-b13e-aaa67371d2f8-1.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
TASWALD HUMAN: The man whose feet were blessed by the football gods
FINGER OF BLAME? Let’s look at SA’s non-qualification for World Cup from another angle
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THE ORIGINAL: Bernie van Niekerk and Clive Daries – how Cape Town Spurs of the 70s inspired a community
WORLD CUP 2022: Is it the goalie or the kicker – and is this the Messi year?
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A MOMENT ETCHED IN TIME: The day Nelson Mandela met Gerald Stober – and the tackle that ruined a burgeoning goal machine
![THE UGLY GAME: How greedy rogues exploit our love and loyalty to line their pockets](https://i0.wp.com/rodneyreiners.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/world-cup-trophy.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)