Gauteng to develop rural talent with Sedibeng Rural Festival
Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation will, on Saturday, 08 July 2017, take its rural sport programme to Sedibeng, by hosting the District Rural Sport Development Festival at Dick Fourie stadium, Vereeniging.
During her budget vote presentation in June, MEC Faith Mazibuko committed to take sport to every corner of Gauteng.
In her speech MEC Mazibuko said: “We’ll be taking our programmes into areas in the periphery of Gauteng where there’s limited or no sport and recreational facilities. Our rural sport programme, through which working with various academies and high performance centres, will allow us to further take sports science into…semi-rural areas. Here players are tested to help them improve and coaches capacitated to help their players and athletes to develop”.
Participants will partake in the following sporting codes.
- Netball
- Cricket
- Boxing
- Rugby
- Volleyball
Members of the media are invited to attend the event as follows:
Date: 08 July 2017
Time: 08:00
Venue: Dick Fourie Stadium, Sharpevillie
For media interviews contact:
Nomazwe Ntlokwana
Tel: 011 355 2578
Cell: 083 507 8068
E-mail: nomazwe.ntlokwana@gauteng.gov.za
