Tzaneen officer excels again
Yet another stellar performance by Tzaneen’s young police officer at the SAPS National Athletics Championships, held at Tshwane Police Academy recently.
Constable Gladstone Shabangu (33) brought back home three gold medals in long jump, javelin and shot put from the games. In the long jump male (30-35) category he came out tops after doing a 6.58m jump, meanwhile in javelin he won by a 51,89m throw and he did a shot put distance of 11.01m.
The Maake Police Station officer has a long list of sporting achievements, dating from his high school days. Last year January, Shabangu was crowned SAPS National Sports Man of the year in Sun City.
In the past he, had the opportunity to compete with renowned South African high jump athlete, Khutso Mokoena.
The Police Commander of Tzaneen Cluster, Major General Maggy Mathebula, applauded him for his excellent performance at the championships.
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“As SAPS Tzaneen Cluster, we are very proud of Shabangu on his three gold medals and for continually placing Tzaneen on the map.
“We also believe that he will continue bringing more medals home, even in the upcoming championships,”Mathebula said.
He is selected to represent SAPS at The Masters Championships which will take place in Bloemfontein in late April. In October, he will also be taking part in another SAPS National Athletics Championship in Durban.
