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Freedom through sport
KLIPFONTEIN - City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services, Gauteng Provincial Disaster Management, Gauteng Disaster Management Centre and Region E Regional Director, Liziwe Makoro spent time in Klipfontein View on Mandela Day.
Gauteng Provincial Disaster Management Centre assistant director, Aaron Ralatsane said community members from Klipfontein View embraced the chance to celebrate Mandela Day through sport.
“We staged soccer matches that were played in remembrance of the late former President Nelson Mandela’s legacy. Food parcels, soccer kits and boots were donated to the soccer players by Gift of the Givers,” he said.
“In a bid to sustain the soccer project, the city promised to find ongoing sponsorship for the soccer teams of the day. President Mandela once said that ‘there are many ways to achieve freedom’, notably, he used sports to unite South Africa as one nation.”
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