Indigenous games return
The opening ceremony will start at 2pm and the closing ceremony will be on September 28 at 6pm.
The Indigenous Games are returning to the Ugu Sports and Leisure Centre from Saturday, September 24.
The games will be hosted by the Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation in collaboration with the KwaZulu-Natal Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation, and Ugu District Municipality.
According to the department, the opening ceremony will start from 2pm and the closing ceremony will be on September 28 from 6pm.
The department said that pensioners probably enjoyed playing intonga, kho-kho, or jukskei when they were young, adding that it wants to ensure that these indigenous games are not lost, so that the current and future generations of children can enjoy playing them too.
It added that it trains volunteers as indigenous games leaders and hosts tournaments where these games are played and promoted. Some of these indigenous games include Dibeke, Skununu, Kho-kho, Ntimo, Kgati, Ugqaphu, Diketo, Magave, Upuca, Jukskei, Ncuvu, Morula, Morabaraba, Intonga, Dibeke, or Skun.
On September 24, the games will start with a Dikalo match at the Ugu Sports and Leisure Centre from 8am until 4pm. There will also be another Dibeke match at the Ugu Sports and Leisure Centre, a Drie Stokkies match at the Margate Sport School, Juksei at the Margate Country Club, Kgati at the Ugu Sports and Leisure Centre, Khokho at the Ugu Sports and Leisure Centre, Lintonga at the Ugu Sports and Leisure Centre, Morabaraba at Margate Sports School and Ncuva at the Ugu Sports and Leisure Centre.
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