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Vote for Thulani Sibisi to win SA Men Award

Sensei Thulane Sibisi was born in 1973 in Katlehong.

He said he started karate when he was eight years old.

“I am now have 30 years experience in this sport.”

Sensei Thulane Sibisi is the founder and the leader of the African Full-Contact Karate Organisation (Afcko).

“Our mission is to bring all full-contact karate organisations and styles under one, united and well co-ordinated karate structure,” said sensei Thulane.

Sensei Thulane is a leader and visionary whose main focus is to assist and support the mainly disadvantaged community members – young and old – in the less resourced and less privileged areas at the back of the country’s bustling cities.

He uses karate as a base and springboard to advance community development programmes which seek to empower communities and build capacity. He says karate is able to provide life skills and direction in the lives of hundreds and thousands of community members because it enables them to take responsibility for their lives and be an example and catalyst for positive change in communities and all institutions that play a role in shaping communities.

“I am a ‘mover and shaker’ whose key focus areas are community health promotion and crime prevention activities through various participatory programmes,” he said.

Afcko has become a well-known brand in the country because of the tireless efforts and energetic strides of Sensei Thulane who works with all state and non-governmental organisations to advance community empowerment and change lives for the better throughout the country.

“I have successfully championed programmes that build the self-esteem of young people who are challenged by limited material means. Through programmes I continue to instil and inculcate a positive mind-set in young people and change despair into hope. I provide them with a sense of purpose and promote positive aspirations,” sensei Thulani said.

He has been nominated for an SA Men Award under a sports category and is now in the semi-finals.

“I plead with the community to support me by voting for me. If you want to vote for me just SMS the words “SportsGP Thulane Sibisi” to 34818.

The voting line will close on November 31. “The winner will be announced on November 2 at Carnival City,” he said.

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