President of the South African Football Association (Safa) Dr Danny Jordaan has lauded their partnership with the Motsepe Foundation for the development of school sport.
Speaking at the launch of the partnership at the Sandton Convention Centre, Jordaan said, “This partnership is a great platform and vehicle that will assist our Vision 2022 goals.
“We have insisted that we need to increase the number of participants that play the game of football and the biggest potential for growth lies within schools. We want more kids to be exposed to football at an early age and we also believe it is within schools that the future Bafana Bafana stars will be identified.”
He pointed out that Safa had introduced the online registration platform, Inqaku for all schools’ football registrations, and said it would assist Safa to have a database of all players which will curb age cheating. The online registration is available on www.safa.net on the homepage.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said sporting and cultural activates in education helped advance social cohesion and were an integral part of an holistic education system. “As the Department of Basic Education we are extremely grateful to the Motsepe Foundation for this generous contribution which we believe will go a long way in advancing the development of our pupils and promote our diverse cultural understanding,” Motshekga said in reference to the foundation’s sponsorship of R117.5 million.
Co-founder and CEO of the Motsepe Foundation, Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe said, “Sports and music make an important contribution to the growth and development of our youth and helps them become good role models.
“My father-in-law, ABC Motsepe, loved schools football as well as choral and traditional music. Before he started his businesses, the school for which he was a headmaster participated in schools football and choral and traditional music competitions.
“I am also excited that we will be sponsoring netball which is very popular among our girls in the rural and urban areas.”
Mining magnet and Mamelodi Sundowns chairperson, Patrice Motsepe invited football legends to come and work with schools football.
