KHAYA SITHOLE: State applies brakes to dangerous job spinning
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Over the past few weeks the unity government has been dealing with two issues related to spinning. The new sports minister, Gayton McKenzie, proposed adding spinning to the national portfolio of sports codes. While many assumed he was referring to the pastime of middle-class gym fanatics who spin their way around a gym from time to time, those with a more adventurous streak had another form of spinning in mind altogether.
In some societies men and women of adventure have been known to occasionally “spin” in cars at high speeds in pursuit of an adrenaline rush, and those who do it best earn the accolade of spinning champion. While this may indeed appeal to some fans, the idea that such a reckless and dangerous social pursuit should be elevated to national sport status is the type of adventurous hyperbole McKenzie occasionally activates in his political invective, and should be dismissed with a pinch of salt. ..
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