http://www.ofm.co.za Hear what goes on behind the scenes, in the minds and lives of Central South Africa's greatest sporting legends as told to Aaron Masemola. Your questions, your heroes. OFM Sport - the personalities behind the plays Sports en Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:19:52 +0200 Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:08:42 +0200 30 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss iono.fm 2.5.2.0 OFM no Weekly feeds@iono.fm (Feed Manager) https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p141/logo_5202_20250910_202604_1400.jpeg http://www.ofm.co.za Hear what goes on behind the scenes, in the minds and lives of Central South Africa's greatest sporting legends as told to Aaron Masemola. OFM episodic OFM elzette@ofm.co.za false ZA https://iono.fm/e/1178046 https://iono.fm/e/1178046 Sports Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:08:00 +0200 0 0 2022 Varsity Cup 0 0 OFM full 3:15 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1178045 https://iono.fm/e/1178045 Sports Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:06:00 +0200 0 0 2022 Varsity Cup - George Lourens 0 0 OFM full 6:27 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1176181 https://iono.fm/e/1176181 Sports Thu, 21 Apr 2022 18:27:00 +0200 0 0 Louzanne Coetzee 0 0 OFM full 6:18 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1176180 https://iono.fm/e/1176180 Sports Thu, 21 Apr 2022 18:26:00 +0200 0 0 Irvette van Zyl 0 0 OFM full 7:57 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1168206 https://iono.fm/e/1168206
Aaron Masemola was joined by Marina van der Walt (Marketing Manager at the Free State Cricket Union) and she explained that several livelihoods depended on having fans in the stadium.

“Ultimately our industry isn't about fans buying tickets, but about the livelihoods of our suppliers, our vendors and our sponsors”, said van der Walt.

The Itec Knights captain, Pite van Biljon, says “we’re loving the vibe with the fans in the stadium and more fans will make things so much better”.

Van Biljon also explained that stadiums allowing more fans is important from a revenue perspective and growing the love for cricket in the Free State.

“People will bring their kids to the stadium and this could possibly inspire the future of cricket in the Free State” he expanded.

Lastly, van der Walt, emphasized the challenges brought covid-19 and invited you to join you - to join in the fun at the Mangaung oval.

“To all our Itec Knights supporters come out and have a fun day in the sun, and come be a part of the action at the Mangaung oval” urged the marketing Manager at the Free State Cricket Union.

The Itec Knights take on the Dolphins at 10:00 on the 3 April. ]]> Sports Thu, 24 Mar 2022 19:35:00 +0200 0 0 Stadiums allowed 50% capacity 0 0 OFM full 3:39 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1166275 https://iono.fm/e/1166275 Sports Thu, 17 Mar 2022 16:43:00 +0200 0 0 2022 Formula 1 season kicks off 0 0 OFM full 3:57 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1157563 https://iono.fm/e/1157563
Tinus van Staden, a sports journalist, explained what percentage of the auction price players earn and the percentage that is paid to Cricket South Africa.

“The players earn the entirety of their auction price and for foreign players an additional 20% of their auction price is paid to their national cricket board”, van Staden said.

The 11 South African players that will be in action at the 2022 IPL include:

Kagiso Rabada: R18.75 million
Faf du Plessis: R14.2 million
Quinton de Kock: R13.7 million
Anrich Nortje: R13.2 million
Marco Jansen: R8.5 million
David Miller: R6.1 million
Dewald Brevis: R6.1 million
Aiden Markram: R5.3 million
Rassie van der Dussen: R2 million
Dewaine Pretorius: R1 million
Lungi Ngidi: R1 million

For the full conversation that Aaron Masemola had with Tinus van Staden listen below: ]]> Sports Fri, 18 Feb 2022 19:33:00 +0200 0 0 2022 Indian Premier League auction 0 0 OFM full 9:25 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1155049 https://iono.fm/e/1155049
The international countries that have arrived on South African shores included the Netherlands, India, France and Germany. While the South African men’s hockey team are currently ranked 11th in the world, their competition in this tournament are all ranked in the top six besides France who are ranked 13th on the FIH men’s ranking.

Marissa Langeni (CEO SA Hockey) joined Aaron Masemola, and she explained the journey of our hockey teams thus far since the Olympic Games in Tokyo:

“It’s been an amazing journey ensuring that the teams could participate at the Olympic Games. We had great systems in place to combat covid-19 and our teams had a very successful campaign at the Olympics. And our performance at the African Cup of Nations gives us hope for more global participation in the months to come”.

Langeni, also shared why it is so important for our South African hockey teams to compete against the best in the world:

“Our philosophy as SA hockey is that we don’t shy away from competing against the best in the world. This is the only way that we can growth as a country and our aspiration is to remain in the top 10 in the world and in order to do that we have to play top level hockey”

Ultimately, Langeni, said that looking at the 2022 Commonwealth Games that will be hosted in Birmingham (28 July - 8 August) their focus is on reaching top 5 status:

“Our focus is on being top 5 in the world, we believe that we are competitive at that level and we want to maintain that, medals are always in reach if we’re within the top 5 countries in the world”. ]]> Sports Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:37:00 +0200 0 0 Proteas compete against the best in the world 0 0 OFM full 6:57 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1150714 https://iono.fm/e/1150714
Now this movie will document the famous achievements of Africa's first world heavyweight boxing champion, Gerrie Coetzee. "Seer Handjies" or "Sore Little Hands" as many of his South African fans might know him. Coetzee was the first fighter in the history of world boxing to claim the WBA heavyweight title for the African continent.

“The reason why we decided to call this movie Against All Odds is simply because he had to overcome so many challenges in his boxing career especially dealing with the persistent challenges with his right hand, which required the insertion of several corrective items during three surgeries”, said Kenddrie Utuk, the executive director of the movie.

He also shared the special events that lead to the friendship between Gerrie Coetzee and Muhamed Ali.

Utuk said: “The first time they met was at Madison Square Gardens in New York, where they took several pictures. Ali would invite Coetzee to his hotel room and they would chat for hours. Ali became a mentor to Coetzee”

Dr Khalilah Camacho Ali, the second of Ali's four former spouses, said: “we’ve followed his (Gerrie Coetzee) career during Apartheid and he and Ali shared the same values when it came to freedom, justice and equality”.

Dr Ali also explained why this movie is so important for the legacy of both Ali and Coetzee.

“This legacy will go down in history for a very long time and I’m honored to be apart it. People need to know the real story of Muhamed Ali and Gerrie Coetzee. This is for our young people”, said Dr Ali.

Filming in South Africa will commence in a few months with South African director Koos Roets and South African producer Andre Scholtz at the helm. The cast will include several South African actors. ]]> Sports Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:50:00 +0200 0 0 Celebrating the "The Bionic Hand" - Gerrie Coetzee 0 0 OFM full 4:11 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1128491 https://iono.fm/e/1128491 Sports Fri, 19 Nov 2021 19:02:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown - 2021 Ironman African championship 0 0 OFM full 4:12 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1128489 https://iono.fm/e/1128489 Sports Fri, 19 Nov 2021 19:01:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Natia van Heerden 0 0 OFM full 11:46 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1128487 https://iono.fm/e/1128487 Sports Fri, 19 Nov 2021 19:00:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Mariella Sawyer 0 0 OFM full 9:11 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1128486 https://iono.fm/e/1128486 Sports Fri, 19 Nov 2021 18:58:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Magda Nieuwoudt 0 0 OFM full 9:47 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1128484 https://iono.fm/e/1128484 Sports Fri, 19 Nov 2021 18:56:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Annah Watkinson 0 0 OFM full 11:08 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1125440 https://iono.fm/e/1125440
Now the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games that recently took place in Japan reminded us as South Africans of how incredibly talented our Paralympians are with them bringing home a total of seven medals, four of them were gold medals, one silver and 2 bronze medals.

Pieter du Preez, who won South Africa’s last gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic games and was also nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability in 2016, said that more can be done to celebrate our local Paralympians.

Rienhardt Hamman, who won a gold medal at the 2016 Paralympic games in the T38 category, explained why it is so important to celebrate our Paralympic athletes.

Ultimately, Louzanne Coetzee, who won a silver and bronze medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, shared some words of inspiration for future Paralympic stars. ]]> Sports Thu, 11 Nov 2021 19:56:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown - Global Disability Awareness Month 0 0 OFM full 5:15 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1125436 https://iono.fm/e/1125436 Sports Thu, 11 Nov 2021 19:44:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Rienhardt Hamman 0 0 OFM full 13:08 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1123212 https://iono.fm/e/1123212 Sports Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:48:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown - The state of long distance running in SA 0 0 OFM full 5:03 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1123209 https://iono.fm/e/1123209 Sports Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:44:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Comrades Marathon legend Nick Bester 0 0 OFM full 13:38 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1123206 https://iono.fm/e/1123206 Sports Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:43:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Irvette van Zyl 0 0 OFM full 11:43 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1123205 https://iono.fm/e/1123205 Sports Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:42:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Pakiso Mthembu 0 0 OFM full 5:10 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1120754 https://iono.fm/e/1120754 Sports Fri, 29 Oct 2021 17:50:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown - Vaccinated fans being allowed back into stadiums 0 0 OFM full 3:59 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1120753 https://iono.fm/e/1120753 Sports Fri, 29 Oct 2021 17:21:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Johan van Heerden 0 0 OFM full 10:05 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1120734 https://iono.fm/e/1120734 Sports Fri, 29 Oct 2021 17:19:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Mosa Dladla (SAFA Provincial Executive Officer) 0 0 OFM full 5:14 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1116511 https://iono.fm/e/1116511 Can the Proteas win the T20 World Cup?

Aaron Masemola is joined by Pite van Biljon (Itec Knights Captain), Hussein Manack (Cricket Commentator) and a few cricket fans share their thoughts. ]]> Sports Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:28:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown - Can the Proteas win the T20 World Cup? 0 0 OFM full 4:34 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1116509 https://iono.fm/e/1116509 Sports Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:27:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Hussain Manack 0 0 OFM full 13:03 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1116508 https://iono.fm/e/1116508 Sports Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:26:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Pite van Biljon 0 0 OFM full 7:21 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1113099 https://iono.fm/e/1113099 Sports Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:49:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Annelee Murray 0 0 OFM full 8:05 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1057059 https://iono.fm/e/1057059 Sports Thu, 17 Jun 2021 17:46:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Naveen Daries 0 0 OFM full 5:00 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1045630 https://iono.fm/e/1045630 Sports Wed, 26 May 2021 23:08:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Siviwe Soyizwapi 0 0 OFM full 8:14 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1032349 https://iono.fm/e/1032349 Sports Thu, 29 Apr 2021 21:59:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Allan Donald 0 0 OFM full 11:55 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1028980 https://iono.fm/e/1028980 Sports Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:35:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Rocco Meiring 0 0 OFM full 12:19 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1012558 https://iono.fm/e/1012558 Sports Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:35:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Mr Letima Mogorosi 0 0 OFM full 13:39 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1010654 https://iono.fm/e/1010654 Sports Mon, 15 Mar 2021 19:35:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Aimee Barrett-Theron 0 0 OFM full 14:14 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1007884 https://iono.fm/e/1007884 Sports Wed, 10 Mar 2021 00:03:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Cecilia Molokwane 0 0 OFM full 10:22 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1007883 https://iono.fm/e/1007883 Sports Tue, 09 Mar 2021 23:57:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Rachel Kolisi 0 0 OFM full 8:04 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1007882 https://iono.fm/e/1007882 Sports Tue, 09 Mar 2021 23:50:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Dr Kirsten van Heerden 0 0 OFM full 14:04 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1007880 https://iono.fm/e/1007880 Sports Tue, 09 Mar 2021 23:46:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Schalk Ferreria 0 0 OFM full 8:09 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/1007878 https://iono.fm/e/1007878 Sports Tue, 09 Mar 2021 23:39:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Jaco Peyper 0 0 OFM full 13:47 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/928110 https://iono.fm/e/928110 Sports Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:10:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Reniel Hugo 0 0 OFM full 18:12 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/922745 https://iono.fm/e/922745 Sports Thu, 10 Sep 2020 21:17:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. 0 0 OFM full 7:53 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/918934 https://iono.fm/e/918934 Sports Thu, 03 Sep 2020 19:54:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Louzanne Coetzee 0 0 OFM full 21:28 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/908296 https://iono.fm/e/908296 Sports Fri, 14 Aug 2020 19:08:00 +0200 0 0 Touchdown with Mapaseka Mpuru 0 0 OFM full 11:18 Touchdown with Aaron Masemola https://iono.fm/e/908293 https://iono.fm/e/908293
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