Another chance to obtain your matric certificate

Many sport persons have excelled in their specific sporting code, but the one accolade they need for life is their qualification.

Feeling like you don’t have control over your own destiny is a fundamental human challenge.

The negative impacts of an external locus of control and the lack of self-worth that goes along with it has been well documented.

Young soccer talent is sought throughout the country and taken away from their surroundings at an early age to enrol them at soccer clubs, which not always provide them with a schooling opportunity.

The sad fact is that now, more than ever, people are feeling more like the world is happening to them rather than them going out and happening to the world.

This plays out in the lives of millions of South African men when the odds always seem stacked against them.

“At Carling Black Label, we exist to reward and recognise the champion within. We believe we as South Africans have gold inside. Gold that needs to be refined through hard work and perseverance. We have therefore, initiated a new way to empower and support champion sportsmen in achieving their dreams,” said Carling Black Label brand director Arné Rust.

“The brand will be partnering with College SA, an outstanding adult distance learning organisation that will help us put 32 South African men of different ages, from all over South Africa, from different walks of life, through matric,” said Rust.

The initiative was launched in Johannesburg on November 12 one week after the matric class of 2020 started writing their exams. At the launch, Carling Black Label put down an empty desk each representing 10 000 men without matric, this field of 948 empty desks was aimed at shining a light on the challenge that adult education poses for the men of South Africa.

Carling Black Label donated these desks to the Utolo Education Trust to be distributed to places of learning that don’t have the infrastructure they need.

The launch was led by three campaign advocates to inspire men around the country to complete their studies.
Saxophonist and South African music legend Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse spoke as a role model who obtained his matric qualification at the age of 60 and will be inspiring champion men to realise it is never too late to take charge of your future.

Siboniso Gaxa, the former Kaizer Chiefs defender who obtained his degree in political sciences, discussed how education is a great tool, regardless of what you intend on pursuing. He also spoke about how many other things in life can be taken away but not your education and skills.

The third spokesperson for the launch was Phumudzo Manenzhe. The former Orlando Pirates striker obtained his diploma after playing professional football.

Manenzhe discussed how important finishing school was to his father when he was growing up and how his success after football is largely due to his continuous focus on bettering himself through education.

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