The Malamulele-born midfielder for Polokwane City football club, Themba Chauke, says young people must focus on sport in order to stay away from social ills such as crime, alcohol and drug abuse.
Mamu Community Development has just met with key sponsors for the KFC Pre-season Cup and they all agreed on hosting the tournament as a way of uplifting the community in the Nzhelele area.
Contrary to people’s expectations, the coach of Black Leopards, Mr Luc Eymael, and his Lamontville Golden Arrows counterpart, Mr Stephen Komphela, shook hands after their teams’ league game at the Thohoyandou Stadium last Saturday evening. Leopards won 2-1. The two were at each other’s throats for several months before meeting face to face on Saturday.
The organisers of the Nzhelele Valley Soccer tournament have invited teams from around the Vhembe area to register for the Top-16 phase, which will take place during the festive season.
After playing their midweek game against Venda Football Academy (VFA) at the Tshifudi Stadium on Wednesday afternoon, Mikhado FC will be back home this weekend. They will host The Dolphins FC at the Rabali Stadium tomorrow afternoon.
After beating the stubborn Lamontville Golden Arrows 2-1 in their Absa Premiership League match at the Thohoyandou Stadium last Saturday, Black Leopards are geared to collect more significant league points when they host Amazulu FC at the same venue tomorrow afternoon. Should they manage to collect full points at the expense of Amazulu, Leopards are likely to jump to the sixth position on the log standings.
“The devil you know is better than the one you don’t.”
After kissing the Nedbank Cup KO competition goodbye at the Thohoyandou Stadium last weekend, following their 3-4 defeat at the hands of Uthongathi FC, Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) are now fully focused on the league title.
Sixteen teams from around Vhembe District are gearing up for the 6th edition of the Vhanasi Annual Soccer Tournament. The tournament was officially launched during a ceremony at the Tshitavha DOCC Church building last Saturday.
Now that Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) are out of the Nedbank Cup KO competition, Black Leopards are the only hope for local football lovers in the annual event. TTM lost 3-4 to Uthongathi FC at the Thohoyandou Stadium last Sunday.
Residents of Mavhunga RDP section might have the skills to fend of criminals – and they would employ Kungfu as a defence mechanism!
