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Shakespeare wrote “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” In Variety Club’s case, he definitely seems to fall in the first category.
24th March 2015
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Shakespeare wrote “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” In Variety Club’s case, he definitely seems to fall in the first category.
A potentially more serious issue is that ten days before Brait’s cautionary announcement, a number of Steinhoff directors – including Wiese, CEO Markus Jooste and founder Bruno Steinhoff – spent R122-million buying Steinhoff shares and single-stock futures
No individual has dominated the South African horseracing landscape more in living memory than Markus Jooste in recent years. On Saturday he played a leading role at Kenilworth – this morning he is making news in the boardroom in a major deal with a household name in the retail game
The Salesgate saga has created waves in the South African racing and breeding industry. In an open letter to Markus Jooste, a longstanding smaller breeder makes an impassioned plea for answers
An extraordinary feat at Turffontein four years ago went largely unnoticed until a Cape jockey and owner pulled off a similar rare achievement at Durbanville this past Saturday
In a statement that will leave fans anxious about the big chestnut’s future, Mike de Kock says ‘it’s decision time for Markus’.
Deauville is more than ever a stronghold at the international level
“I got a sense then for the first time how important these races are for South Africans and I actually felt pressure to the point that I didn’t want to sit in the room.” Mike de Kock speaks about how it feels to represent the hopes of a nation
Many thought that Hill Fifty Four had missed the one chance that he had to win the Met when running second to outsider Martial Eagle in 2013. But the son of Captain Al came out in a galloping mood at Kenilworth on Saturday to pull off a rather spectacular win in the R2,5 million Gr1 race over 2000m and run for the 37th time under the J&B banner.
A final field of 17 will face the starter at the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth 2000m marker on Saturday 25 January for the 163rd renewal of the R5 million World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met
Two past winners of the Cape’s premier summer speed clash are in the fifteen strong line-up
