All weekend games of the Alexandra Northrand Local Football Association have been cancelled as a sign of respect for the funeral of one of the world’s most outstanding female freedom fighters, Nomzamo Winfred Madikizela-Mandela.
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Mother of the Nation, as she was popularly known, will be buried in Fourways on 14 April and the whole country will come to a standstill to honour Madikizela-Mandela.
The secretary-general of the association, Mafika Morajane confirmed the cancellation of their weekend fixtures, saying they had received instructions from the football mother body, the South African Football Association (Safa) to do so.
“We decided, for the sake of fairness to all our teams, to cancel all the games for the weekend… so that there are no games in hand for any team or teams,” Morajane told the editor of Alex News, Sipho Siso.
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Normal fixtures will resume on the weekend of 21 and 22 April, Morajane said, adding that other Safa games nationally such as the Safa
Promotional League, the Sasol Women’s League, the SAB League and the ABC Motsepe League, have also been called off.
Details: Mafika Morajane 016 043 7814 or 063 696 2555.
