Attie Heunis's Journey

The ramblings of a Caucasian African American

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Originally from South Africa’s magnificent Eastern Cape, my family and I now reside in Pennsylvania in the United States. To earn my keep I’m an executive for a multinational company in the Healthcare sector. I’m also a serious amateur photographer. Pro-environmental and conservation views.

Category: Sport

  • Bok Rugby site

    And now some more Rugby news… I have also acquired the BokRugby.com and AllOutRugby.com domain names. We still can’t decide which of these are better, but sofar we’re sticking with BokRugby.com. Again that man Brenden Nel and I have teamed up to produce a quality rugby news site. Most of it will be from a…

  • BlueBulls.NET

    I recently acquired the BlueBulls.NET domain name. Brenden Nel, from the Pretoria News, and I have teamed up to produce a quality rugby news site for Bulls fans. Currently the site is in the Blogger format, but we’ll be switching to WordPress soon. If you do have any rugby writing credentials or other Bull affilations,…

  • Oh deary me! Bulls go down.

    The Blue Bulls today lost the Currie Cup final at their home ground, Loftus Versfeld. I am gutted and surprised – I don’t think anyone gave Vrystaat a hope in hell. I’m a big Bulls fan, but today they deserved to lose. They did the only thing that would allow the Cheetahs to win –…

  • The Blue Bulls: The Best Rugby Club in the World

    With the euphoria of the Bulls having just won their semi-final and so reaching the final for the 4th time in as many years, I decided to put up this post. But it is not just the euphoria that has gone to my head. There is actually some motivation for this statement: The Boys from…

  • The one disgusting thing about the French

    We have just returned from a superb weekend in Paris. I love Europe and, despite sleaze balls like Chirac, I love ze French. I find them friendly; their food is fantastic; they’re very professional; they’re proud yet socially responsible and compassionate; their children are well behaved (much more than the Poms, for instance) and their…

  • Springbok rugby’s future looks rosy

    South Africa are now the holders of the U19 and U21 Rugby World Cups. It really makes me proud! Especially if you consider the physical size of teams like our traditional rivals, the Maoris. What’s more is that both these teams were very “representative”, (politically correct for “black”) of South Africa. I think this says…

  • Manchester United at Charlton

    I had my first taste of live Premiership football today when Charlton Athletic hosted Manchester United. We were about 5 rows from the front. We were on TV for a fraction of a second for Wayne Rooney and Alan Smith’s goals. The photo was taken with my mobile phone so it’s not good, but it…

  • My best photo of the holiday!

    This was taken with my Nikon D70 (Digital SLR) and a Tamron 500mm lens. I love the action in this shot.

  • Racism in SA Sports

    As a South-African I am ashamed to admit this, but racism is still rife in SA sports. The powers that be discriminate against players purely because on the colour of their skin. For the non-Saffers that read this blog, we have “quota” requirements in our sports. This essentially means that a set number of players…

  • Bulls go all the way!

    Well I must say that I’m not surprised at the result. As a Bulls supporter I am delighted! They were most peoples favourites before the season even began and with players like Houghie, Foerie, Anton, Victor, Ettiene, Gary, Roetsie, the 2 Danies and the Cronje brothers you would have been silly to bet against them.…