in honour of
Philip Nicolaas
Zaayman
This site carries the name of my late father.
I honour his memory with gratitude, respect, and love. His life, example, and the values he passed on remain part of the foundation of who I am today.
This space is a small tribute to his legacy, a reminder that every journey is shaped by those who came before us.
the journalist
Philip Nicolaas (Fielie) Zaayman (1939–2019) was a prominent South African sports journalist, known as much for his warmth off the page as for the voice he brought to it.
He was a founding member of Rapport in 1970 and served as its sports editor for 21 years, shaping the paper's sporting voice through some of the most memorable decades in South African sport.
He retired to Hermanus in 1999 where he lived before passing away in 2019.