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01 July 2021
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Story Dikgapane Makhetha
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This year, the young people of South Africa celebrated 45 years of the annual commemoration of
Youth Day. The University of the Free State (UFS)
Community Engagement (CE) office on the
Qwaqwa Campus has engaged a number of stakeholders in the call to use football as a means of bringing people together, transforming lives, and enthusing communities. Through partnerships, community organisations have great potential to create opportunities for breaking down barriers and inspiring social cohesion, initiating enablement through the development of social projects, and promoting education and health awareness.
On 16 June this year, local community organisations collaborated in the hosting of a soccer event for the youth of Qwaqwa at the FIFA Football for Hope Stadium in Tsheseng.
The Agape Foundation for Community Development,
Love Life,
Right to Care,
Youth in Action, Qwaqwa FIFA Project, and the Tsheseng Athletics Club were all stakeholders who diligently joined forces to ensure the successful launch of the tournament. Community development practitioners, who are trainees in the UFS Qwaqwa Department of Community Development, were garbed in departmental branded gear and have cautiously facilitated adherence to COVID-19 protocols. About 250 people, including football fans and participants, attended and enjoyed the entertaining games. Through the partnered recreational project, the Qwaqwa Campus CE office responded to the 2021 Youth Day theme: ‘Growing Youth Employment for an inclusive and transformed society’, by enhancing opportunities for networking among stakeholders. Football is popularly known for promoting transformational social projects in diverse communities across the globe.
Kovsie Xtravaganza is back!
2010-09-30
Kovsie Xtravaganza is back! On 12 October 2010 the students of the University of the Free State will blow off the roof in the Sand du Plessis Theatre with a variety of sounds, colours and great talent! The guest artists for the performance are the well-acclaimed Bala Brothers. Audience members can expect a production filled with wonderful vocals, contemporary songs, dance routines and fashion that will make you jump on your seat and scream!
The Xtravaganza is a show case of the best talent on Kovsie campus. Hip-hop and panzula dancers, graffiti artists, a student string quartet, jazz band, marimba band, various vocal groups and the winners of the campus serenade competition, as well as soloists that the Xtravaganza audiences have become used to in recent years.
Date: Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Time: 20:00
Venue: Sand du Plessis Theatre
Cost: R100, at the PACOFS ticket office
For more information contact Corneil Muller at 082 551 6833.