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GALLERY: Golden games a ball for senior citizens

The Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM) hosted the 2019 Golden Games at the Nkowankowa Stadium recently.

Hundreds of senior citizens from areas within the GTM participated in different kinds of games ranging from; soccer, athletics, juskei, brisk walk, goal shooting and passing the ball among others.

The different sporting activities were divided into age categories from 60 to 69 and 70 to above and gender.

Local footballer, Florah Baloyi, won position one in the 800m female race in the 60 to 69 age category, followed by Jeaneth Pudikabekwa.

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Meanwhile in the 800m male race Peter Mushwana and Thomas Rikhotso won first and second position respectively.

The Mopani 200m male champion, Freddy Rikhotso, did not disappoint as he defended his title with more flair.

Due to time, not all sporting codes took place, but will be finalised in the near future.

All the winners will represent GTM in Phalaborwa at the Mopani Golden Games later in August.

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Emelda Tintswalo Shipalana

Tintswalo Shipalana, a journalist for the Letaba Herald, has been in the media industry for over a decade. She started her journey in radio, but ended up in print which is her first love. She joined the Herald newspaper as a cadet in 2016, where she graduated with a journalism qualification from the Caxton Training Academy. She also has a qualification in Feature Writing from the University of Cape Town and a Media Management qualification from Wits University. She is completing her BA Communication Science degree with UNISA. She sleeps well at night knowing she is a voice to the voiceless and her work contributes to promoting local talent, businesses and service delivery. Her love for her community keeps her working hard every day.

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