11 October 2022 Today we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the International Day of The Girl Child. The theme for this year is, “Our Time Is Now — Our Rights, Our Future.” Girls are ready for a decade of accelerating forward and changing the game across all spheres in full force. At Forwardzone we are […]
“Football has the power to protect and enhance children’s lives” Today we kicked off the Discovery Alex League 2022. Founded in 2012, the u13 football league will see 200 boys and 160 girls participate over 7 weeks between September and November with finalists being announced on the 2nd of November 2022. Discovery’s core purpose is […]
03 September 2022 The ET Radebe Foundation Annual High Schools Tournament makes a return since the last one in 2019 prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. The tournament is a netball and soccer tournament hosted for girls and boys for schools in Diepkloof, Soweto and surrounding areas. The tournament was held today at Diepkloof with 8 […]
01 September 2022 Supporting and developing sports at grassroots levels has always been very important to Forwardzone.In efforts to continue achieving and working towards our mission, we started a basketball programme, The Forwardzone Alex Schools Basketball in Alexandra. We started this programme to provide children in Alex with a platform to further enhance their skills […]
09 August 2022 Hoërskool Dr. E.G. Jansen was abuzz as schools from around the country took to the netball courts for the DStv Schools Netball Challenge national finals. The competition took place over two days from the 8th-9th of August 2022. Over 500 players from all nine provinces gathered in Boksburg with the hope of […]
06 August 2022 The Kappa Gives Back Campaign took place over four days in four different locations namely Alexandra, Diepsloot, Soweto and Kempton Park from the 2nd – 5th of August 2022. As part of the campaign, Kappa South Africa donated equipment to one team in each of the four locations including kits, shin pads, […]
31 July 2022 Stellenbosch FC Diski Challenge team wrote history by being crowned champions of the Premier League Next Generation Cup after thumping Leicester City 7-2 on their debut on Saturday. The youngsters from the Cape side were in the UK after winning the 2021/2022 DStv Diski Challenge to compete in the Next Gen Tournament […]
Champions of Africa!!! This Saturday, Banyana Banyana broke their long-standing curse this Saturday and won their first continental title at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), edging host nation Morocco 2-1. As partners to Janine, the Forwardzone Group is immensely proud of her sharing in Banyana Banyana’s wonderful moment in Morocco and finally […]
What an impactful week it has been…. Forwardzone is proud to have been playing a role in developing Football in Ethiopia for the past few days. Following this, the EPL’s recent partnership with SuperSport, Forwardzone facilitated a capacity-building training course in Addis Ababa by the Netherlands KNVB Academy. 28 referees and linesmen affiliated with the […]
We are excited to have been a part of the pilot Premier Skills Physical Education Workshop in Alexandra for the past 4 days. The South African education system curriculum changes have resulted in Physical Education (PE) being removed as a stand-alone subject and incorporated into the Life Orientation & Life Skills curriculum. This has led […]
