Word: springboks
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...South African rugby has another promise to keep, and victory alone won't do it. The Springboks were once among the most powerful symbols of the nation's apartheid regime and a prime target of the international sports boycott aimed at ending white rule. Then, in 1995, one year after Nelson Mandela's election as President inaugurated democratic majority rule, South Africa hosted the Rugby World Cup - and won. As tens of thousands of fans - almost all of them white - erupted in the stands, Mandela donned a Springbok jersey and went onto the field to hug the team's captain...
...right after apartheid's collapse. In a country where black people make up 80% of the population, the 30-man rugby squad includes just six players of color - only one more than it took to the 2003 World Cup in Australia, in the build-up to which a white Springbok player notoriously refused to room with a black teammate. And only two blacks started the game against Samoa. Zola Yeye, who last year became the first black team manager in the Springboks' 101-year history, says the team's racial makeup is an "indictment" of South African rugby and reveals...
...wouldn't crunch it like other horses, but nibble at it from your hand. His running style was as straightforward as his personality: bound out of the barrier, cruise to the lead or park just off it, gallop relentlessly to the line. "He had the reflexes of a springbok," says South African Felix Coetzee, the only jockey to have ridden Silent Witness in a race. "The moment you gave him the signal to go, he jumped...
...made from snoek, a wonderfully oily fish caught in the cold waters off Cape Town. Starters include ostrich rolled in wild rosemary and drizzled with grapeseed oil from the wine district east of Cape Town, and crayfish bisque with wild fennel. Mains include loin of springbok wrapped in marogo, a type of leafy vegetable, and cured bacon. There's also kingklip, an eel-like fish served with wild garlic and vegetable sosaties, a sweetly marinated kebab popular in South Africa. My favorite use for fynbos, though, was in the dessert: ice cream flavored with rooibos, South Africa's indigenous...
Some of the imaginative food you'll get to experience? How about double-baked beetroot and rocket soufflé, springbok loin in balsamic broth with curried gnocchi, orange-glazed ostrich filet with sweet-corn and basil pancakes or bobotie (a curried meat and custard dish)? Or maybe you're hankering for karroo lamb and rose-petal ice cream...