I am a passionate supporter of all South African sport, as you'll find in Game On Amplified podcasts published at iono.fm, shortly after airing on radio. That said, you won't be surprised to hear that I'm partial to the gentleman's game, and I always look forward to Cricket Tuesdays on Radio 2000. I particularly enjoyed [...]
I love radio! It is immediate and alive. The connection is so real. Add the element of sport and it's wide open - I have a whole array of topics that touch us all to tap into. Today marks four years since I joined Radio 2000 to host a new sports talk show called #GameOn. Over the years the show [...]
For the second year in a row, I had the honour of being MC for the launch of the Brutal Fruit Netball Premier League. What has impressed me on both occasions is the media presence at the event, and subsequent promotion of the semi-professional league across various media platforms. Women's sport is crying out for [...]
Today marks exactly 25 years since South Africa’s first Test match appearance following their return to international cricket in 1991, in a historic match against West Indies at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, on Thursday, 18 April, 1992. Despite an all-white selection, it was a newly-united South Africa’s first international encounter, and significantly presented our [...]
Following a chance first-time meeting at the hairdresser just before Kass was due to host the SABC's broadcast of the second ODI between the Proteas and Sri Lanka at Kingsmead, East Coast Radio icon Jane Linley Thomas called to catch up with Kass Naidoo. Click the audio bar start icon below to listen to the [...]
What an honour to be interviewed by the legendary Ruda Landman!
BBC World Service documentary on BBC radio sports commentary, to mark the 90th anniversary of the BBC’s first radio football commentary in 1927. Reference to Kass at just after the 40' mark
The 2016 gsport Awards will definitely go down as one of my personal highlights of this year. The event has grown gradually over the years and it has stayed true to its vision of celebrating icons and role models of women's sport. From the passionate singing of the National Anthem to the acceptance speeches and [...]
Nominations for the 2016 gsport Awards are open. gsport Founder, Kass Naidoo joined Simon Burke on SABC Sportslive on Thursday, 9 June to talk about the last 10 years of the Awards, how they have grown and what is expected this year. Its the 11th gsport Awards and it is so exciting to be entering [...]
A picture of West Indies batsman Chris Gayle with the SABC's Kass Naidoo, at Newlands in Cape Town during the 2003/04 tour of South Africa. Photo: Supplied My return to the Test cricket commentary box this summer for England’s tour of South Africa on SABC Sport has been nothing short of [...]