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Landslide victory for Team KwaDukuza

Landslide victory for Team KwaDukuza

Author: Sphelelo Ngobese
Date: 2013-10-11
Mthembu expresses great sense of elation as the biggest municipality in ILembe takes 10 cups home.
KWADUKUZA Mayor Ricardo Mthembu speaks out following a landslide victory of 'Team KwaDukuza' at the ILembe Inter-Municipality Games held in KwaDukuza at the weekend. Sports facilities of the biggest municipality in the iLembe district were in numbers, Last saturday saw four municipalities clash in more than 15 sports codes in the annual inter-municipality games.

Mthembu notes the scores which occupied KwaDukuza sports facilities and the overwhelming support by sister municipalities as KwaDukuza Municipality (KDM), played host to the tournament. As the level of competition remained high, Team KwaDukuza claimed landslide victory after scooping ten out of fifteen cups. Mthembu on Monday expressed a great sense of elation at the overwhelming participation of young sports men and women, commending victorious efforts by Team KwaDukuza. 'The decisive victory and overwhelming activism by members of the public tells a good story about the positive direction we are descending to, in terms of sports development.'
'Our interests in youth development is not intended to titillate the imagination of the public but to empower young people to fight social ills and to create a prosperous society.' Mthembu said there is still a need for the municipality to further stretch its resources to the limit. Mthembu confirms that KwaDukuza Municipality continues to promote social activism in the lives of young people. 'We are working hard to provide descent infrastructure for sports development.' 

'Council has always reserved its political will to empower young people.' 'We therefore appeal to the community to support government to promote these undertakings to build a progressive society, 'he added. 'As we mark 20 years of democracy in 2014, we are gunning for more activism in sports. 'We will continue to create meaningful platforms for progressive engagements with young people,' Mthembu concluded. Team KwaDukuza was competing against its neighbors, Ndwedwe, Maphumulo and Mandeni municipality. Council members who were assigned to various sports codes have sang praise songs to more than 300 young sports men and women who were competing in the tournament.