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Redefining Sports, The Shapa Soweto Way by Nike.

MyPR: Redefining Sports, The Shapa Soweto Way by Nike.:

Nike Shapa – Soweto Sports Facility

Nike is excited to invite Soweto to play at their new sports facility, SHAPA Soweto with the aim of inspiring and empowering the next generation of athletes.

SHAPA, a multi-disciplinary center that provides the community of Soweto with a variety of sports facilities including a 400m running track, training studio and dance studios, a skate park, two FIFA-accredited football fields, and two small-sided fields.

The new facility will be powered by a strong Nike collective including athletes, trainers, choreographers, celebrated football, and local sports coaches. The programming includes a drive to create safe spaces for women enabling access, growth, and development of female athletes across all sporting codes.

Background information:

The Nike Football Training Centre (FTC) was unveiled in 2010 coinciding with the FIFA World Cup. The aim of the Nike FTC was to inspire and grow the next generation of football players in Soweto. Since inception, the Nike FTC has served over 20 000 young athletes.

Nike believes that sport has the power to change the world and Nike’s vision to bring inspiration & innovation to every athlete* in the world. Nike will do this by providing guidance and access to sport and cultural facilities that provide innovation that accelerates growth and provide equal opportunities to all athletes thereby playing sports the fabric of youth culture.

Sign up to play at SHAPA Soweto by visiting www.shapasoweto.co.za.

 

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Have you tried: Whale and Dolphin Watching in Algoa Bay?

Did you know this about Johannesburg? Johannesburg is the world’s biggest man-made forest, with over 10 million trees. This number is set to grow, as City Parks launched the Greening Soweto project in 2006, with the goal of planting an extra 200 000 trees in the famous township. Not only do Joburg’s trees combat the greenhouse effect, they help reduce noise in this ‘urban jungle’.

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The Randlord Mansions: The View

Another Randlord Mansion masterpiece is The View, the oldest surviving house in Parktown, built for Sir Thomas Cullinan (who gave his name to the world’s largest diamond). These mansions were built with imported teak, Italian marble, and stained glass, often featuring “hunting rooms” filled with trophies from African safaris and libraries stocked with leather-bound classics. They were designed to project a sense of permanent, European-style aristocracy in a city that was, in reality, a volatile and temporary mining camp.