mzansi soccer style THABENG MEDIA Kasi Soccer Magazine April 2014 | Launch Edition NOT FOR SALE Off-season Kasi Soccer page 7 Life Skills Coaching page 17 Kasi football Footballers Profile On The Ball Ndofaya Easter Challenge 2013 Photo gallery Launch Issue April 2014 www.mzansisoccerstyle.co.za Sedibeng Sediba sa-ma Africa pub & restaurant www.sedibeng.za.net Physical Address: 3166 Zone 10 Meadowlands Telephone: 011 988 9518 Office Mobile: 071 690 4827 FAX: 086 247 6439 E-mail: [email protected] Content Features 2014 April Launch Issue page 4 Editorial page 5 Women Football on page 7 Off-season Township Soccer the ball page 8-9 Ndofaya Easter Challenge 2013 page19 page 10-11 Footballers Profile and Gallery Ndofaya Easter Challenge Photo Gallery page 13 Icons page08 page 14-15 Photo Gallery page 17 Life Skills Coaching Boss Lady page 19 On the Ball page23-24 page 20 Referee’ Chart page 21 School Football page 23-24 The Boss Lady page 25-26 Prezza’s Corner Footballers’s Profile page 10-11 THABENG MEDIA Editor: Reggie Moloi From the Editor Media: Jaja Moloi Design & Layout: Robert Mudau elcome to Mansi Soccer Style, your Kasi Photographers: Reggie Moloi Football Magazine. The publication that will Contributors: Ishmael Khoza revolutionise the football reporting in a way Nokukhanya Dhlamini w that has never been done before. Here I am talking about reporting on what has never MZANSI WEBSITE been reported on, in a manner that this magazine will do. Mzansi Soccer Style is a magazine dedicated to Kasi Media Manager: Jaja Moloi Football, including School Football as it falls within this Design & Layout: Robert Mudau category of football which is played in the townships around the Country. This magazine will be the source of information of football played ekasi, and will from time to INQURIES time profile the team and player that is outstanding irrespective of where they come from. 2404 Forbes Road Zone 9 Township football is currently getting a raw deal from the Meadowlands 1852 mainstream media as compared to professional football, www.mzansisoccerstyle.co.za in that there is little to no coverage of football being played in the townships. The players have no chance of ever being exposed to media through the showcasing of Copyright © 2012 Mzansi their skills. Soccer Style All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any Furthermore the will be experts covering couching, retrieval system or be transmitted training and refereeing to keep the readers abreast of in any form or by means, of new development in this fields. electronic, without Mzansi Soccer style Permission. Finally the good news for the readers of this Magazine, is that it is absolutely free of charge. Get it on Tablet or PC Thank You And Welcome. Reggie Moloi Find us online www.mzansisoccerstyle.co.za 4 Women in Football Women Soccer like other forms of the game has never actually got the coverage of their game at grass roots level, even during the times when Banyana banyana were a force in Africa. There was never a proper structure that allowed for the development of the game on the Woman side. Reporting on the Women game is the best way to put it on the map, and the more ordinary girls at the Township read about the Woman soccer, the more interest to start playing increases just like the man’s game has grown into a favourite sports for ordinary people. Mzansi Soccer Style Magazine intends to follow the Women game to put it on the pedestal it deserves. Safa: Sasol League Fixtures Week 4 26 Palace Super Falcon vs University of Phumulong Sport Sat, 19 Apr 13:00 Johannesburg Field 2014 27 Tuks vs Katlehong Eagles Tuks Ground Sat, 19 Apr 15:00 2014 25 H. Zebra Force vs Blue Birds Odi Prison Ground Sat, 19 Apr 15:00 2014 28 Lusaka Ladies vs Springs Home Swanneville Sports Sat, 19 Apr 15:00 Sweepers Complex 2014 30 Mamelodi Sundowns vs Celta Vigo Esiqongweni Ground Sat, 19 Apr 15:00 Ladies FC 2014 31 VUT vs JVW Isak Steyl Stadium Sat, 19 Apr 15:00 2014 32 Croesus Ladies vs NWU Vaal Campus JCE Wits Campus Sat, 19 Apr 15:00 2014 29 TUT-PTA vs Soweto Fabulous F.C TUT Tshwane Sat, 19 Apr 16:00 2014 Week 5 35 Celta Vigo vs VUT Qedilizwe High Sat, 26 Apr 15:00 School Gr 2014 39 University of vs Tuks AW Muller Stadium Sat, 26 Apr 15:00 Johannesburg 2014 33 NWU Vaal Campus vs H. Zebra Force NWU Grounds Sat, 26 Apr 15:00 2014 38 Katlehong Eagles vs Lusaka Ladies Huntersfield Sun, 27 13:00 Stadium Apr 2014 36 Soweto Fabulous F.C vs Mamelodi Sundowns Nike Centre Sun, 27 13:00 Ladies FC Apr 2014 40 Blue Birds vs Palace Super Falcon Alexandra Stadium Sun, 27 13:00 Apr 2014 37 Springs Home vs TUT-PTA KwaThema, Springs Sun, 27 13:00 Sweepers Apr 2014 34 JVW vs Croesus Ladies Bedfordview Sun, 27 13:00 Football Club Apr 2014 Week 6 5 THABENG MEDIA Mzansi Soccer Style magazine is a project owned by Thabeng Media www.thabengmedia.co.za The organizers do it out of love of football, to an extent that they will even use their family money to put the games together as part of football development in the townships. Currently there are numerous such games happening every Easter and December holidays, and they have formed part of the soccer calender where the communities even demand that these games be organised since they have become part of the family holiday past-time and entertainment. SPONSORSHIPS There are various instances where there is no Financial backing for these off-season games, forcing the organiser to use the teams registration fees as OFF-SEASON part of the prize money. Lack of sponsorship result in the organiser having no money to pay some of the people who are helping Township Soccer with the running of the tournament i.e. team registrations, team lists, record keeping and catering. The South African Soccer Life is a contemporary past When there is sponsorship for a tournament, it then time while at the same time it becomes full time and becomes easier to organise the games and also Professional. provide some kind of temporary employment for a few people around the venue even though the pay will be People tend to have various views about the different very minimal but better than nothing. levels and standards of this beautiful game. There will also be prize money for the individual There are two seasons namely, in-season and off- players based on outstanding performance in the field season football. In-season football is when the teams of play, ranging from R50 to R1000 for the man of the are playing under the auspices of the league, while match and furthermore the prize money for the off-season football is organised by winning team could range between R10 000 and R30 individuals and is referred to as off-season games. 000 depending on the amount of sponsorship available. These games are held in different townships around the country and they are mainly organised by individual people who could have sourced some sponsorship and invited teams to pay a registration fee and take part in the tournament for prize money. Entertainment These tournaments are very popular in the townships, even more popular than the organised version or league football. At this level everybody is able to attend the matches without much hassle, while with the organised version some people cannot even afford the fare for transport and even unable to pay the required entrance fee at the stadium. the informal seating and the friendliness at these township venues like the picture above, makes the whole informalness of these games popular with the young and old of the township people. The crowds in these games arrive as early as 09:00 and stay for the whole day as the last game is played around 17:00. During this period music entertainment is provided while also affording informal businesses an opportunity to display and sell everything from sweets, drinks and meals to the crowds gathered. 7 Ndofaya Easter Challenge 2013 he Ndofaya Easter Challenge is the brainchild of Thabeng Management, that was organised as an Talternative for teams who could not be accommodated at other tournaments due to the limited number of teams required. Thabeng Management saw it as an opportunity to create an additional platform in as far as the Kasi tournaments are concerned, especially in the Meadowlands(Ndofaya) area where there are lots of teams coming from the surrounding areas wanting to participate in the games. The Ndofaya Easter Challenge has been a prominent feature of the Easter Tournaments in the Meadowlands area, and has attracted teams widely in the areas like Meadowlands, Orlando, Braamfischerville, Dobsonville, Zola, Jabulani, Mofolo and Naledi. The event is comprised of 16 teams The Tournament has been in existence for the past four years, and has grown in stature to become Ndofaya’s finest event for Easter Holidays. The event is comprised of 16 teams and is played on a knockout basis over the four Easter Weekend days, and the semi-finals and finals being played on Easter Monday. Team are attracted to this tournament by the professional way in which it is organised. 8 Ndofaya Easter Challenge 2013 Photo Gallery 2013 9 I prefer to Footballer’s play in the midfield Andile says he like to play in the midfield, because he sees himself as a team player and that he likes doing the hard staff in the middle of the park.