The City of Johannesburg’s Community Development Department, through its Sport and Recreation Directorate in Region A, would like to officially congratulate Rebonwe Primary School’s girls’ soccer team for representing South Africa in the World Nations Cup in Barcelona, Spain. The team beat Englands’ team 3 – 1 at the penalties.
The girls’ soccer team has been using the City’s Ivory Regional Park to practice – which is situated adjacent to the school. The team has also been participating in the Regions’ six-a-side soccer activations.
The Danone Nations Cup, which took place on the 10th to the 12th of October 2019, is the world's largest international soccer tournament for 10 to 12 year-olds. It's the World Cup for kids, and a great platform for over 2.5 million children from around the world who participate each year.
In South Africa specifically, the cup reaches around 3000 schools, touching over 45 000 South Africans in advocating for children’s’ health and wellbeing.
This is an amazing platform for our rising stars, and we as the City are proud to have facilities near schools without grounds, that can be used not only for recreation, but for sporting development.
We would like to urge communities to take care of these facilities by keeping them clean, and not vandalize or dump building rubble and litter in them. Let’s take ownership of our facilities, as they are where our future champions are trained and groomed.
A hearty congratulations to the Rebonwe Primary School girls’ soccer team, and their coach Emanuel Gogela, for a job well done, and for flying South Africa’s flag high.
For more information and media queries, please contact:
Ms Karabo Tledima
Stakeholder Manager: MMC for Community Development
Cell: 061 794 3819
Tel: 011 407 7208
Email: Karabot@joburg.org.za
