Mbekweni success at International Cup of Heroes competition
Team Mbekweni has finished an amazing 3rd place at the International Cup of Heroes competition, a superb result considering this was their first time at the international final and they were competing against eleven other teams, many seasoned campaigners. The SCORE Cup of Heroes is a multi-skilled competition in which teams compete in three sports...
Youth encourage Mbekweni community to get moving!
Young sport leaders in Mbekweni have embarked on a four day door-to-door campaign to increase community involvement at the Mbekweni Community Sports Centre, as part of an outreach campaign. Seventeen year old Sisanda Masila from Ihlumelo High School in Mbekweni is one of twenty young leaders who will go out into Mbekweni this weekend to...
Recognising women’s achievements in the community
“She is there for everyone in the community,” said nineteen year old Sapho Nofemela, one of thirty youth honouring “Auntie” Mirriam Toni for her contribution to change in Mbekweni. She joins many other women in communities across Southern Africa, recognised for their efforts and achievements through an initiative led by Sport and Development organisation SCORE,...
SINAKO – Yes We Can!
“People used to discriminate against me because I am disabled. I could never play football but now I am playing with able bodied children too!” Every Monday nineteen year old Andile Phampa walks to the Mbekweni Community Sports Centre near Paarl, in the Western Cape, to play football as part of the SINAKO (“We Can”)...
