As part of our 25th anniversary specials on Super Rugby, we remember the day the businessman had to personally write out a cheque to avert a clumsy players’ strike.
The founder of Pick n Pay, who was a decent player during his age-group years at the University of Cape Town before injury put paid to any higher ambitions, cultivated his deep love for Newlands as an eight-year-old in 1939’s Currie Cup final, even though legendary Transvaal winger Otto van Niekerk would break his and Province’s heart that day.
In conjunction with team sponsor Fedsure, who were later taken over by Investec, they changed to an all-black kit, which the former insurer then used to come up with the “Wear Black” fan campaign. Meanwhile, Solomons’ team played an balanced and enterprising brand of rugby that saw them become the first South African franchise in the history of Super Rugby to reach a home semifinal.
“I could just imagine how all the Stormers’ fans – myself very much included – would be if the game was cancelled, so I decided there and then to try and do something to resolve the situation,” the legendary local businessman later wrote in his autobiography,Ackerman recounts how “tense” things were at the hotel as he clocked in to personally chat to Solomons, assuring him that he and two fellow Pick n Pay executives “were simply here to help”.
SuperRugby I don't recall Pick n Pay supporting NATIVES sport or anything related to NATIVES, but NATIVES support these white minority. NATIVES should use their buying power going forward.
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