Masterpieces is on the move again – metro donates wheelchair to soccer legend
November honours people living with disabilities, and the community and social development services department took the opportunity to commemorate the disabled and pay tribute to a beloved sportsman.
Soccer legend Lucas “Masterpieces” Moripe received a new wheelchair donation from the metro to assist the veteran’s troubles with mobility.
November honours people living with disabilities, and the Tshwane metro’s community and social development services department took the opportunity to pay tribute to a beloved sportsman.
The wheelchair handover took place on November 8 and was attended by councillor Peggy de Bruin.
“His family saw it fit to support his legendary spirit by ensuring that he gets a wheelchair to be able to freely move around and not sit in one place most of the time. In my capacity as MMC and our sports team, we arranged a wheelchair and handed it over to him personally,” said De Bruin.
The Atteridgeville native is well known among local and international soccer lovers as being one of the greatest talents the sport has produced, even being affectionately referred to by his peers as the “God of Football”.
Despite living under the harsh apartheid regime, Masterpieces still managed to take his talents overseas during the early 1970s, playing in places such as Hong Kong and England.
Bouts with injuries caused Moripe to retire in the early 1980s, though he still has always been appreciated and honoured for his achievements and as a legend of the game.
“At home in South Africa, under the City of Tshwane metropolitan municipality, he was honoured with a street name and a stadium named after him in his local town Atteridgeville,” De Bruin said.
The multipurpose stadium is said to have a capacity of 280 000.
Though Masterpieces isn’t displaying his masterful skills on the pitch anymore, the metro wants to assure vulnerable and disabled people like Moripe that they are thought of and cared about.
“The City of Tshwane will continue to support people living with a disability during this month, to show that we are a city that cares for residents and promotes inclusivity,” De Bruin concluded.
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