New sports field for Ga-Dikgale community in Limpopo
An upgraded community sports field in Moduane Village, Ga-Dikgale, Limpopo, was officially handed over this weekend, providing hundreds of young people in the area with access to a quality space to play, train, and compete.
The project was delivered by the MultiChoice Group’s Sport and Development Trust in partnership with the Solly Malatsi Legacy Foundation (SML), founded by Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi.
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It has transformed a previously unused school ground into a fully functional football facility for the community. The new facility supports both organised competitions and everyday recreational use.
It features three changing rooms, a 200-seater embankment, and full essential services, including water, electricity, and sanitation. A perimeter wall has also been constructed to secure the facility, along with a natural grass pitch.
“Grassroots football is the theatre of dreams for many amateur football players,” said Minister Malatsi.
“So, an investment in proper football fields in rural communities like this will no doubt open doors for many of these youngsters to pursue their dreams.
We want to applaud MultiChoice for upgrading soccer fields in villages and townships. In this day and age, access to world-class facilities must be the norm.”
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The Moduane field forms part of MultiChoice’s broader investment in grassroots sport through the MultiChoice Sports and Development Trust.
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To date, the company has invested more than R40 million in youth sports development initiatives, with a strong focus on building and upgrading facilities in under-resourced communities.
“We know, from both research and lived experience, that access to sport changes lives,” said Dr Keabetswe Modimoeng, MultiChoice Group Executive Vice President for Public Affairs Rest of Africa.
“When designed with equity at its core, grassroots sport delivers powerful benefits social connection, health and education and life skills,” he added.
In the past two years, similar multi-purpose sports facilities have been completed at Hoërskool Schweizer-Reneke in the North West, Motswela Secondary School in Kroonstad and Credence Primary School in Bloemfontein.
In Limpopo, this includes schools such as Tshithuthuni Primary School in the Vhembe region, as well as Hlabi Senior Secondary School in Mogaung village, which recently received a dedicated netball facility through the same programme, extending access to safe and structured sporting environments for learners across the country.
Over the last 36 months, 16 Centres of Sporting Excellence have been built across South Africa, reaching more than 200,000 children and strengthening the foundations of school sport nationwide.
