Athletes from all over Limpopo gathered at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Friday, 10 March to take part in the The Limpopo Athletics School Sport Championships.
Gilbert Phaswana from Millennium College clears the bar in the high jump for boys u/17.
POLOKWANE – This event was hosted by the Department of Sport in collaboration with the Department of Education.
“The championship will enable the departments and the Federation to select the qualifying athletes who will ultimately represent the province at the National championship.
Faith Moyo from Mountainview Senior Secondary School gives his best during the triple jump for boys u/15Lethabo Shibambo from Capricorn High School gives it her best shot during the shotput for girls u/15.Nicole Blunt from Hoërskool Pietersburg takes off at the start of the 400 m for girls u/16.
“The championship is considered as another vehicle through which talented athletes are identified,” says Jermina Kaka, Communications, Marketing and Publications Officer at the Department of Sport.
Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard
