A 48 minute documentary on 2013 / 2014 National Jockey Championship & what it took for 28-yr-old S’manga Khumalo to be the first Black jockey to take the title. At the annual gala, Equus Awards – hosted at Emperor’s Palace in August this year – 28-year-old, S’manga Khumalo became the first Black jockey ever to […]
A 22 minute documentary on the Riverside Grooms’ Coop & how they bought, reared & sold for 1.4 Million Rand the South African bred champion racehorse Vercingetorix. On 8th March this year the unbeaten South African bred racehorse Vercingetorix flew the South African flag high when he stamped his authority on the world racing stage […]
[Broadcast on SABC 2 “Issues of Faith” on 16th June 2013 @ 09h00] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl6pHhWtftM PREMISE Dr Melville Edelstein’s tragic slaying in Soweto on 16th June 1976 by a mob of enraged township youth, is the direct consequence of a racist system that socialized its citizens to judge & respond to one another impulsively on the […]
Broadcast on SABC 2 “Hidden Histories” series on 30th June 2013 @ 21h00. uMuhle…..Omubi? [The good one….the bad one?], is a 48 min television documentary for the SABC 2 series title HIDDEN HISTORIES centered on the epic march – single-handedly orchestrated by Public Servant, John Marwick in 1899 – to repatriate 7 000 Zulu mine […]
FOR BROADCAST THURS 10TH NOV 2011 – WINNER’S CIRCLE – SSPT 6/CH206 – 8.30PM. [Also broadcast on Tellytrack – Ch 232 on Thurs evening in the broadcast “loop” after the completion of the day’s live racing events ] Prof Tim Noakes, Head: UCT Research Unit, Exercise Science & Sport Medicine gives an interesting perspective on […]
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Golfing legend Gary Player looks back on his life and his passion for Golf & Horses – September 2011
THURS 29TH SEPT 2011 – WINNER’S CIRCLE – SSPORT 2 – CH202 – 8.30PM [Also broadcast on Tellytrack – Ch 232 on Thurs evening after the completion of the day’s live racing events ] Speaking from his stud farm at Agtertang on the banks of the Orange river in the Karoo: “I realized that the […]
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This documentary cuts to the heart of Zimbabwe – peeling away the many layers & their respective differing realities – that make up the complex Zimbabwean society of today. Offering new reference points the documentary journeys through the personal complexities that make up the psyche of President Robert Mugabe, the desperate situation of the refugee, […]
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In the dawning hours of the 21st of March 1960, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe left his home in Mofolo, Soweto and began the 5km walk to the Orlando Police Station. In so doing, he was personally putting into action his nation-wide call for a decisive non-violent campaign against the “pass laws”. As President of the Pan […]
Written, directed & photographed by Kevin Harris. Born in Mayfair Johannesburg in 1962 – the youngest of nine siblings – Bartie Leisher at age 23 became the youngest South African jockey to earn Springbok Colours. He again took SA colours in 1985. Known as the jockey who would “always ride to win”, Bartie was well-loved […]
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Written, directed & photographed by Kevin Harris. From groom to International Champion Horseman, for Enos Mafokate – born into the discriminatory era of Apartheid South Africa – it’s been a long hard road. The first black South African to compete & triumph in the international show -jumping – Enos has a deep spiritual relationship with […]
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