How I ended up boogying with Lomu at his wedding to Rutter

WE were running late and I wasn’t happy. It was my friend’s wedding and I desperately wanted to be there when she walked down the aisle. You see, this was no ordinary, every day wedding; this was something so much bigger than that.

This was the day my friend, Tanya Rutter, was getting hitched to the biggest, meanest man in rugby; the man-mountain who was considered a giant of the game. His name: Jonah Lomu.

With excitement in the air, my best bud and I, along with our partners, raced to Kimberley from Bloemfontein on the morning of November 9, 1996. It was big news, and this was a big deal. But, as we got closer and closer to the local Anglican church in the middle of town we realised something wasn’t right. There wasn’t a soul in sight. There were no cars, no police, no security, nothing.

Had we somehow been tricked? Did we have the date wrong? What were we missing?

A quick phone call to a Kimberley local solved the mystery. We were at the wrong church; there was another Anglican church in town, and that’s where everything was going down. Time was ticking.

We raced across Kimberley with the hot summer sun beating down on us, but we were never going to make it. As we got closer to the church, we spotted a police helicopter hovering above and, not surprisingly, we had to go through two police checkpoints to get to where we were supposed to park. The car was searched at both checkpoints and we were frisked and told in no uncertain terms to adhere to the rules governing the day. Cameras were forbidden, identity documents checked and names ticked off a list.

Everyone was already inside the church. We pushed the big door to enter and, you guessed it, there was one almighty big creak. We froze and those sitting and standing at the back turned to see four sweaty 20-year-olds beaming from ear-to-ear.

We were at the wedding of the decade, and the biggest event Kimberley had hosted in years.

A wave of speculation about Kaizer Chiefs star forward Khama Billiat returning to Mamelodi Sundowns always pops up whenever we are approaching the transfer window. This was the case again recently, and the Zimbabwean’s business manager Mike Ngobeni has become familiar with it.

Ngobeni has vehemently denied that his client might be on the move to his former club, confirming that Billiat is committed to his contract with the Glamour Boys.

The arrival of Billiat whipped Chiefs fans into a frenzy, but the 29-yearold is yet to perform like he did at Chloorkop. With niggling injuries hampering his consistency, Billiat has