The growing tendency of people mostly prefering to use abbreviated language in their social media communication has been flagged as one the contributory factors towards the the percieved prevalence of poor written communication skills

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The rate at which black South Africans are taking up the sport of Rugby and excelling at it has prompted many in the sports fraternity to bein suggesting that perhaps the quota system in the sporting codes which previously exibited an underrepresentation of blacks should be done away with.

Last week, Siyamthanda Kolisi became the first black African to clock up 100 caps for the Springboks. His latest achievement adds to the world record held by Kolisi as the first man to win back to back IRB rugby world cups in rugby history.

South Africa's senior men's national rugby team, the Springboks, is widely regarded as the number one local sports brand closely followed by Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs at number two and three respectively

South Africa's best supported professional football club, Kaizer Chiefs, does not have a single player in the latest Bafana Bafana squad which is scheduled to take on the Zambian senior men's national team in a friendly match this weekend. This has left many an Amakhosi fan bitterly disappointed

It is worth mentioning that South Africa's under-20 men's national football team participated at the recently held FIFA under-20 Soccer World Cup about a month ago.
Similarly, Mzansi's under-17 men's national football team is currently partaking at the FIFA under-17 Soccer World Cup. This bodes well for our country's future on the football front.