Saskia Falken – Communication junkie. Radio show host. Wife. Mother. Lover of knowledge, good music and warm apple pie. Chosen charity - Philisa Abafazi Bethu, an organization dedicated to the safety and upliftment of women and young girls in Lavender Hill on the Cape Flats. 2010 was the year that …the impossible became possible. South Africa hosted the most successful FIFA world cup to date. The vuvuzela became an international sensation and made its debut in the Oxford Dictionary. Spain finally claimed a place amongst the elite of world soccer by lifting the World Cup. And if all of that was...

Melinda Shaw – Editor in Chief of Heat, South Africa’s only weekly glossy. Chosen charity – The Teddy Bear Clinic – for abused children. 2010 was the year that South Africa felt like the centre of the universe for the first time ever, thanks to the World Cup. Walking around Sandton City was like going on a girl’s dream game drive: packs of foreign hotties in their team colours, roaming the plains – Argies over there by the escalator (the light-blue shirts), Mexicans in the food court (tell-tale green); Spaniards singing on the square (red being the dead giveaway). I was excited...

Andrew Lanning – Former Western Province prop, Editor and Publisher of Sport24 and author of the Front Row Grunt blog Chosen Charity -  Bobs for Good who provide school shoes for those that cannot afford them. 2010 was the year that…South Africa confirmed to the world what we already knew – that we are a nation that can host international sporting events with both class and ease. The Soccer World Cup was an earth shattering success that we as a nation can be extremely proud of. Sadly, it was also the year that Peter de Villiers was confirmed as a class clown rather than a class...

Robyn Hobson – She’s an actress/voice-over artist/model/blogger … one of those ! She tweets too much, speaks 4 languages and has a fondness for coconut ice, 90’s music videos and Eddie Izzard. Chosen Charity – The Children’s Hospital Trust 2010 was the year that a lot happened. Profound, I know. I realised a few dreams and found some new ones. I made some amazing friends; I don’t think they realise how special they are to me. I watched South Africa introduce the world to the vuvuzela.  I then laughed as the world bitterly moaned about it. I sang our anthem with an...

Andile Gaelesiwe – Musician, Television Presenter/Producer and sexual violence campaigner Chosen Charity – The Open Disclosure Foundation 2010 was the year that liberated me spiritually, physically and wait for it romantically. Amidst all the excitement about the World Cup and all those handsome soccer players coming to our country, I geared myself up to meeting a handsome foreigner since I’d been divorced for over 2 years. Little did I know that my destiny was not going to allow me to fool around or be fooled by some foreigner who would leave after their country was knocked out. ...