Long live King Kallis

HERE are millions of cricket fans in South Africa, and around the world, who hail Jacques Kallis as one of the all-time greats. In announcing his retirement from Test cricket this week, the 38year-old all rounder bows out at Kingsmead on Monday with a slew of records that will take super talent and longevity to beat. Kallis played 165 Tests for his country, scoring 13 174 runs at an excellent average of 55.12, bagging 292 wickets and holding 199 catches (not counting the current match against India). No South African has scored as many runs. We salute and thank a great contributor to the game.

TSOUTH Africa’s democratic transition and the role of its first president, were lauded during the recent funeral of Nelson Mandela as a miracle. However, the eradication of racism of the apartheid era, promotion of reconciliation, and the building of a true nonracial and united society require much more than a miracle because they demand a change of human heart and attitude. They demand honesty, responsible, patriotic, collective and uncompromising confrontation.

When responding to the debate on his State of the Nation address in 2005, former president, Thabo Mbeki, said that reconciliation and collective coexistence were of strategic importance in the creation of a non-racial and prosperous society.

“All of us would have to internalise the reality that our very collective future depends on the ability of all our people to understand that the success