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AMANDLA EDUFOOTBALL AMANDLA EduFootball (AMANDLA) is an interna-tional non-profit organisation based in South Africa and Germany. Its award-winning approach to youth development – the Safe-Hub® Social Franchise Model – is designed to disrupt the intergenerational...

Akani Simbine

Akani Simbine https://reports.laureus.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Akani-VN-1.m4a South African and African 100m record holder Akani Simbine has become Laureus Sport for Good Foundation’s newest ambassador. “I am really pleased to represent a global...

Babalwa Latsha

Babalwa Latsha Babalwa Latsha made history when she became the first African women’s rugby player to turn professional in January 2020. Born in the township of Khayelitsha in Cape Town, Latsha started playing rugby out of curiosity and completely fell in love with the...

Wayde van Niekerk

Wayde van Niekerk Born in Kraaifontein in Cape Town, Van Niekerk got his first taste of sport playing rugby with his cousin Cheslin Kolbe. After deciding his future lay in athletics, Van Niekerk took up sprinting in 2009, at the age of 17. He qualified for the World...

Cheslin Kolbe

Cheslin Kolbe Born in Scottsville in Kraaifontein, Kolbe’s rise in rugby has been tremendous. Kolbe played for Hoërskool Brackenfell and represented Western Province at various youth levels, from the Under-16Grant Khomo Week in 2009 to the 2012 Under-21 Provincial...