Leonard Solms

Freelance Journalist: @ESPNAfrica, @thecontinent_ etc. | Rhodes BJourn graduate 🇿🇦 | 💍 @kimararuns | [email protected]

[Leonard Solms @LeonSolms]

If Mohau Nkota has made moving to the Saudi Pro League look easy, it’s because homesickness is a challenge he faced and conquered before at Orlando Pirates. A story about the people who got him through it and brought out the confident kid from Kimberley: https://t.co/m7s6CZ3pUC

[Leonard Solms @LeonSolms]

@msresii Southampton tried this with Sir Clive Woodward. It didn’t end well. There’s a lot Bafana Bafana can learn from Rassie, but I don’t think this is the environment in which he would be best-placed to teach it.

[just paprika @just_norika]

Side note (for the girls): check out @MzansiThreaded for some dope 🇿🇦 merch.

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(not a paid ad. Stumbled across their page & it’s only right you drop the cash to support local)

Anyways, here’s to being South African in every lifetime 🇿🇦

[Leonard Solms @LeonSolms]

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[Leonard Solms @LeonSolms]

“There have been far more polished performances… by the team known as ‘the Brazilians’ and ‘Bafana ba Style’ (the Style Boys). However, Sunday's [aggregate] win… showed grit which mirrored the Portuguese mentor's (Cardoso’s) own defiance”

@ESPNAfrica

https://t.co/6gM64nCgpN

[Leonard Solms @LeonSolms]

Thought long & hard about the words I was going to use to describe the meaning of the moment if Orlando Pirates ended their 14-year Premiership title drought. Now that they have, I’m pleased to have had the opportunity to pen my thoughts for @ESPNAfrica.

https://t.co/1ZoB1hpwia

[Leonard Solms @LeonSolms]

@EliudKipchoge is in Cape Town as he seeks a legacy raising funds for climate conservation & education beyond his 11 World Major wins & 2 Olympic marathon golds. Kipchoge told me for @ESPNAfrica that he was shaken by a drought which impacted his farming: https://t.co/D1I3BqN223

[Leonard Solms @LeonSolms]

@Dischem @RediTlhabi Been following this, and this is duly noted @Dischem. Guess I'll see you when he isn't a Dis-Chem shareholder. 👋

[Axolile Notywala @AxolileNotywala]

This is Cape Town’s MMC for Safety & Security. Cape Town is facing severe storms he knew were coming.

Disaster Risk Management, Emergency Services, Traffic Services, Fires & Rescue Services & Metro Police all fall under his Directorate.

Where is he and what is he doing? 🤷🏾‍♂️

[ESPN Africa @ESPNAfrica]

Who makes the cut for South Africa’s World Cup squad? 🇿🇦

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[Nens not hot☃️ (PhD) @Mis_Neyney]

Every morning/afternoon, I watch parents walking their kids to and from school on their way to and from work. In those small moments together, they talk, laugh, and hold hands.

And it makes me ANGRY all over again about what apartheid spatial planning did to us in South AFRICA.

[Leonard Solms @LeonSolms]

@Mis_Neyney @T0NDERAI It’s a bank holiday in the UK so they can schedule kick-off as if it’s a weekend. Think some of these Chelsea players need reminding it’s still a work day for them.

[P Management Sports @PManagementRSA]

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” — Marcus Aurelius

🌟Congratulations to Mohau Nkota for being instrumental in the @Ettifaq_EN 3-1 victory today ✊🏽

🌟 Rating 7,5

[just paprika @just_norika]

There were a group of young South Africans who funded their own trips to AFCON earlier this year. Really showed up for the boys in the cold and rain.

You should look out for those guys - it would be nice to see at least a couple of them in the stands at the WC.

[Jamie Spangher @jamiespangher]

Complete support to Grealish if he is suffering.

However, the differences in the framing and reporting of these two events exposes the intrinsic racism that plagues our sport, and it goes far beyond certain publications. Football is acting as a vessel for harmful rhetoric.

[Leonard Solms @LeonSolms]

@msresii Call Standard Bank about that for sure and get as much detail as you can on where that's coming from. Fraudsters often start relatively small like this before attempting to clean out the whole account. You might need to order a new card.

[Leonard Solms @LeonSolms]

@naledimashishi I've been assured the scouts at @NFLAfrica watch the tapes people send them on social media & they're looking for athletes in other sports who can convert. Paschal was smart -- he spotted an opportunity while he was playing rugby & turned up to camps to keep his options open.

[SABC Sport @SABC_Sport]

Deputy Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Peace Mabe says the ministry will follow up on a briefing regarding the delayed start of the Hollywoodbets Super League - ensuring that women’s football returns to action.

📹 #SABCSport’s @flexmpumi

#SABCSportFootball

[Kathryn Batte @KathrynBatte]

Liam Rosenior’s time at Chelsea was bad, there’s no denying that. Certain quotes didn’t help. But the way he has been ridiculed by certain people, including some of his former team-mates, is cruel. I hope he is ok and can rebuild himself because there’s a good manager in there.

[Leonard Solms @LeonSolms]

@superjourno I 100% understand raising concerns about a boss but protesting through the type of underperformance we're seeing now? I think some of these players could learn a thing or two about "dignity", as you describe it.

[Mr. Jones Maluks👑⭐⭐ @hjmaluks]

Friends they Remain...

Between this Espérance fan and this Sundowns fan… there are unforgettable moments.

A year ago, he saved his life.

Today, they took a picture together.