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Springbok 7s players say yes to their investment NCEBA DLADLA
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HILE Sevens rugby fever is hotting up in Nelson Mandela Bay, two members of the Springbok 7s team last week took time out from their training to visit the Ubuntu Education Fund in Zwide township to see the work that is being done as part of Absa Bank and the Springbok 7s Corporate Social Investment (CSI) Projects initiative which benefited Community-based Organisations involved in poverty alleviation, education and health promotion. Paul Delport and Seabelo Senatla visited this professionally managed institution which brings a glimmer of hope in a hopeless situation. According to Absa CSI Project Coordinator, Andy de la Mare, this partnership started in 2011 with the Springbok 7s series in Nelson Mandela Bay, with Absa donating R50 000 to Ubuntu Education Fund. “In 2012 we again donated R50 000 to Ubuntu but the players did not get an opportunity to come and see for themselves the investment they were putting in. We thought that it was important that they came and saw the difference that they were making in this community through their donations,” said de la Mare. He added that the other institution that benefited from the Absa-Springbok 7s’ good gesture was Gqebera Small Projects. This was an NGO which supports Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC), gives out interim food parcels, assists in education and starting of food gardens by pupils for food security in Walmer Township. “Being here is awesome,” said Senatla, who hails from Welkom in the Free State. “We are happy to see the good work that this organisation (Ubuntu) is doing - that of changing the lives of children from the township for the better.
With this kind of work, lives will be changed and this area will become a better place,” said Senatla. Apart from all the action on the field during the HSBC IRB Sevens World Series, there will also be plenty of action off the field with
top entertainment for the whole family at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium throughout the weekend of December 7 and 8. Top musicians, Aggreko Cheerleaders, beat-battling DJs, and crazy cool MCs is set to keep the excitement levels at fever pitch
at the HSBC IRB Sevens World Series To entertain the crowd will be Jeremy Loops, Crazy White Boy, 1st Project, with a battle of the DJs. Tickets are available for R50 at Computicket.
Zahara in the Bay
South Africa’s renowned female guitarist, song writer and poet Zahara will be at the Boardwalk on the Festival Lawn to promote her latest album Phendula this Saturday. The show starts at 2pm and tickets are still available at Computicket at R150 per person. PHOTO:SUPPLIED
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