Motsepe Foundation and the Department of Basic
Education launch R117,5 million
partnership for the development of schools football,
choral and traditional music and netball
On 24 November 2015, the Motsepe
Foundation announced a sponsorship amounting to R117,5 million over 10 years
for the development of schools football, choral and traditional music and
netball in partnership with the Department of Basic Education.
The Motsepe Foundation and the
Department of Basic Education will today be launching and activating their 10
year Sponsorship Agreement. This initiative is also supported by the
Department of Sports and Recreation, as well as the Department of Arts and Culture.
During the first five years of
the sponsorship, an amount of R55 million will be allocated to:
·
The Kay Motsepe Schools Football Cup
·
The ABC Motsepe Eisteddfod, Choral and
Traditional Music
·
The Kay Motsepe Schools Netball Cup
For the following five years,
from 2012 to 2025, the Motsepe Foundation will contribute another R62,5
million.
All the 25 000 public and private
schools in South Africa, from the rural and urban areas have been invited to
participate in all three competitions.
The Kay Motsepe Schools Football
Cup has been in operation for the last 10 years and is regarded as having the
largest prize money in the world for schools football; with the winning school
receiving R1 million from a total annual prize money of R3.4 million. The
school that comes second receives prize money of R600 000 and the school the
finishes in third place gets prize money of R400 000.
The schools that win the
competition in each of the nine provinces of South Africa receive prize money
of R100 000 each.
SAFA has supported and partnered
with the Motsepe Foundation and the Department of Basic Education over the
years in schools football.
Referring to the partnership,
SAFA President Dr Danny 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 of 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. We have also introduced
the online registration platform called Inqaku for all the school’s football
registration. This will assist us in having a database for all the players and
curb the age cheating syndrome. The online registration for school is available
on www.safa.net on the homepage.
The sponsorship amount for the ABC Motsepe Schools
Eisteddfod, Choral and Traditional Music will amount to 3 million per year and
the sponsorship for the Kay Motsepe Schools Netball will amount to 2 million
per year.
Minister of Basic Education, Mrs Angie Motshekga said:
“Sporting and cultural activates in education help advance social cohesion and
arte an integral part of a 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 learners and promote our diverse cultural understanding”
The 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, Mr ABC Motsepe loved
school 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 amongst our
girls in the rural and urban areas.”
