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Thursday, 31 October, 2002, 17:46 GMT SA at loggerheads on quotas The UCB argues that quotas ar no longer necessary South Africa's sports minister has put pressure on the national cricket board to reinstate race quotas, scrapped just four months ago....

Sport in South Africa It's the national religion. Transcending race, politics or language group, sport unites the country - and not just the male half of it. When a South African team wins, a cacophony of hooting, cheering, banging of dustbin lids, trumpeting...

Nelson Mandela: "I remember when I was invited to the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Every body in the stadium greete me with a song. At the time, the future, our future seemed very bleak but to hear that song and the voices of people from all over our planet...

Invictus is a2009 biographical drama film based on Nelson Mandela 's life during the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa . Directed by Clint Eastwood , the film stars Morgan Freeman as South African President Mandela and Matt Damon as François Pienaar...