Conrad Abrahams

Stories by: Conrad Abrahams

7 February 2019: Kaizer Chiefs coach Ernst Middendorp during the Soweto derby press conference at the Premier Soccer League offices in Johannesburg. (Photograph by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

Ernst Middendorp sets the record straight

The combustible Kaizer Chiefs coach opens up about his upbringing, how he handled his football career ending at 21 and why he is unlovable.

By: Conrad Abrahams
17 May 2019

Features

11 April 2001: South African rescue services work around the victims of a stampede at Ellis Park Stadium in Joburg in which 43 people died. Kaizer Chiefs were playing Orlando Pirates in the overfull stadium. (Photograph by Gallo Images/City Press/Mpho Mph

Wounds of Ellis Park disaster still raw 18 years on

The mother of the youngest victim in the Ellis Park disaster recollects that tragic day and continues her call for the PSL to do more to honour the 43 people who lost their lives.

By: Conrad Abrahams
11 Apr 2019

Sport

Thamsanqa Mkhize, the silent warrior

The man of few words lets his football do the talking. The results are so loud that what started as a murmur in Cape Town will now be heard in Cairo in June.

By: Conrad Abrahams
30 Mar 2019