The Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa in partnership with Gauteng Sport, Art, Culture and Recreation Department, SASCOC, SAFA,City of Joburg and the City of Tshwane will be hosting a Memorial Service for the late South Africa’s Great Football player and legend Dr Steve “Kalamazoo” Mokone”.
Dr Mokone was a first black South African to play in Europe's professional leagues and was a first black sportsmen to have a street named after him in a foreign country, Holland. He played in Britain when he was signed for the English club Coventry City in 1955 and later played in Holland. Before that Dr Mokone made his mark playing for the defunct Durban Bush Bucks.
In 2003 the then President, Thabo Mbeki conferred Ntate Mokone with the newly-conceived Order of Ikhamanga - South Africa's highest honour for achievement in the creative and performing arts and sport. This was in addition to numerous international accolades and academic achievements. In 2012, the Ministry of Sport and Recreation in South Africa bestowed on him the Steve Tshwete Life Time Achiever Award.
The details of the memorial service are as follows:
Date: Saturday, 11 April
Vevue: FNB Stadium, Soweto, Johannesburg
Time: 09h00 to 12h00
Transport to the stadium will be provided.
Contact person:
Mr Esethu Hasane, Media and Liaison Officer - Ministry
Tel: 012 304 5114
Cell: 071 259 2422
