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Clive Barker during the 2015 Telkom Knockout match between Maritzburg United and Jomo Cosmos at Harry Gwala Stadium in 2015. Photo by Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images
Clive Barker during the 2015 Telkom Knockout match between Maritzburg United and Jomo Cosmos at Harry Gwala Stadium in 2015. Photo by Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images

Motivator extraordinaire and lover of life, the late Clive Barker somehow also felt like every SA soccer fan’s favourite uncle, writes Rob Houwing

It was quite a time to be alive as a South African, wherever you may have been in the world. If you were sport-partial … even better.

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