TheDefense
@thedefense.bsky.social
🇿🇦South African🇿🇦never caught sleepin'.
A content creator who loves sports banter and well taken photographs.
Oh, and I blog about sports on Tumblr
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/defensefilms
A content creator who loves sports banter and well taken photographs.
Oh, and I blog about sports on Tumblr
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/defensefilms
Being a South African today is just..............👌
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Being a South African today is just..............👌
Bafana at 15:00 and the Springboks at 14:50.
When national teams share a window, it becomes a quiet test of identity.
What we watch, what we prioritize, and what we think represents us.
I wrote about these dynamics — sport, nationalism, symbolism here:
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/sports-and...
When national teams share a window, it becomes a quiet test of identity.
What we watch, what we prioritize, and what we think represents us.
I wrote about these dynamics — sport, nationalism, symbolism here:
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/sports-and...
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Bafana at 15:00 and the Springboks at 14:50.
When national teams share a window, it becomes a quiet test of identity.
What we watch, what we prioritize, and what we think represents us.
I wrote about these dynamics — sport, nationalism, symbolism here:
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/sports-and...
When national teams share a window, it becomes a quiet test of identity.
What we watch, what we prioritize, and what we think represents us.
I wrote about these dynamics — sport, nationalism, symbolism here:
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/sports-and...
The algorithmic changes in how BlueSky is treating sports posts is truly beautiful. @bsky.app @support.bsky.team
I feel seen🥹🥹
I feel seen🥹🥹
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The algorithmic changes in how BlueSky is treating sports posts is truly beautiful. @bsky.app @support.bsky.team
I feel seen🥹🥹
I feel seen🥹🥹
I'll appreciate greatness while I can.
In the meantime, you can read this #Substack post Discussing some of the politics and optics around Siya Kolisi in my latest post
#southafrica #springboks #sports
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/the-politi...
In the meantime, you can read this #Substack post Discussing some of the politics and optics around Siya Kolisi in my latest post
#southafrica #springboks #sports
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/the-politi...
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I'll appreciate greatness while I can.
In the meantime, you can read this #Substack post Discussing some of the politics and optics around Siya Kolisi in my latest post
#southafrica #springboks #sports
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/the-politi...
In the meantime, you can read this #Substack post Discussing some of the politics and optics around Siya Kolisi in my latest post
#southafrica #springboks #sports
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/the-politi...
"It’s not a direct 1-to-1 comparison, but commentors try to racialize and politicize Siya’s time as Springbok captain, are less about understanding and more about trying to re-frame his success as “perception management.”
-Sabelo Masemola via Substack
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/the-politi...
-Sabelo Masemola via Substack
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/the-politi...
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"It’s not a direct 1-to-1 comparison, but commentors try to racialize and politicize Siya’s time as Springbok captain, are less about understanding and more about trying to re-frame his success as “perception management.”
-Sabelo Masemola via Substack
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/the-politi...
-Sabelo Masemola via Substack
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/the-politi...
"Francois Cleophas is an associate professor in sports history at Stellenbosch University and his writings in 2018 about Milo Pillay are important because they note a pattern of how athletes of color are often stripped of political agency"
-Sabelo Masemola
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/the-politi...
-Sabelo Masemola
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/the-politi...
November 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"Francois Cleophas is an associate professor in sports history at Stellenbosch University and his writings in 2018 about Milo Pillay are important because they note a pattern of how athletes of color are often stripped of political agency"
-Sabelo Masemola
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/the-politi...
-Sabelo Masemola
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/the-politi...
Defense is awareness in motion — the moment before everything shifts.
The fragments are starting to fit together.
#TheDefense
full story: sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/sometimes-...
The fragments are starting to fit together.
#TheDefense
full story: sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/sometimes-...
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Defense is awareness in motion — the moment before everything shifts.
The fragments are starting to fit together.
#TheDefense
full story: sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/sometimes-...
The fragments are starting to fit together.
#TheDefense
full story: sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/sometimes-...
"Even if you look at a sport like the NFL in America with limited global reach, the sense of American patriotism still permeates how the league markets itself and wants to be represented"
-Sabelo Masemola via Substack
#writing #blogging #sports #substack
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/sports-and...
-Sabelo Masemola via Substack
#writing #blogging #sports #substack
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/sports-and...
November 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"Even if you look at a sport like the NFL in America with limited global reach, the sense of American patriotism still permeates how the league markets itself and wants to be represented"
-Sabelo Masemola via Substack
#writing #blogging #sports #substack
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/sports-and...
-Sabelo Masemola via Substack
#writing #blogging #sports #substack
sabelomasemola.substack.com/p/sports-and...
It's a razor thin line between nationalism and patriotism and it's why sports lends some critical insights into understanding the concept of the nation-state
#blogging #writing #sports
sabelomasemola.substack.com
#blogging #writing #sports
sabelomasemola.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It's a razor thin line between nationalism and patriotism and it's why sports lends some critical insights into understanding the concept of the nation-state
#blogging #writing #sports
sabelomasemola.substack.com
#blogging #writing #sports
sabelomasemola.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Randy Courture responds to my article on The Medium.com
medium.com/@defensefilm...
#ufc #mma #writing
x.com/Randy_Coutur...
medium.com/@defensefilm...
#ufc #mma #writing
x.com/Randy_Coutur...
October 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Randy Courture responds to my article on The Medium.com
medium.com/@defensefilm...
#ufc #mma #writing
x.com/Randy_Coutur...
medium.com/@defensefilm...
#ufc #mma #writing
x.com/Randy_Coutur...
October 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
September 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's sad what the Ravens GM and coaches are putting Lamar Jackson through every year.
Fire Eric Da Costa, Fire John Harbaugh, Fire Zach Orr
Fire Eric Da Costa, Fire John Harbaugh, Fire Zach Orr
September 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It's sad what the Ravens GM and coaches are putting Lamar Jackson through every year.
Fire Eric Da Costa, Fire John Harbaugh, Fire Zach Orr
Fire Eric Da Costa, Fire John Harbaugh, Fire Zach Orr
It's not just a temporary government failure, it's purposeful in order to allow for tender fraud in the hospital sector.
Purposeful over-usage to justify overspending. In all this you have not mentioned once South Africans who have died as a result of not being accommodated
bsky.app/profile/news...
Purposeful over-usage to justify overspending. In all this you have not mentioned once South Africans who have died as a result of not being accommodated
bsky.app/profile/news...
September 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's not just a temporary government failure, it's purposeful in order to allow for tender fraud in the hospital sector.
Purposeful over-usage to justify overspending. In all this you have not mentioned once South Africans who have died as a result of not being accommodated
bsky.app/profile/news...
Purposeful over-usage to justify overspending. In all this you have not mentioned once South Africans who have died as a result of not being accommodated
bsky.app/profile/news...
I didn't know what a groyper was until this past weekend and watching Nick Fuentes disavow his audience was hilarious.
September 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I didn't know what a groyper was until this past weekend and watching Nick Fuentes disavow his audience was hilarious.
September 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
September 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We must take no prisoners in our next 2 games, starting with LeSotho. We must smash them 3-0.
No compromise. No mercy. Give them no chance.
#southafrica #bafanabafana #football
No compromise. No mercy. Give them no chance.
#southafrica #bafanabafana #football
September 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We must take no prisoners in our next 2 games, starting with LeSotho. We must smash them 3-0.
No compromise. No mercy. Give them no chance.
#southafrica #bafanabafana #football
No compromise. No mercy. Give them no chance.
#southafrica #bafanabafana #football