CHALLENGES FACING SPORT AND POSSIBLE REMEDIES

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CHALLENGES FACING SPORT AND POSSIBLE REMEDIES

• General perspective through the eyes of Lydia
  Monyepao

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Who is Lydia Monyepao?

• Spoilt little rich girl?
• Model C aka cheese girl?
• Ghetto from the townships?
• Rural, traditional?
• Ordinary
• What do I stand for?
• Notes
• I did not get where I am today because someone
  did me a favour
• You dont have to be born special or know certain
  people to get somewhere in life!
• Hard work always pays off!

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History of a rural girl

• Birth Pimville, Soweto
• Family 5 siblings
• Cyferkuil rural, near Bela Bela
• Swarisanang Primary School
• Bophuthatswana
• International School of Bop/SA
• Academies
• Sport restrictions
• Facilities
• Goals

• Gauteng
• Education
• RAU (UJ) vs Wits
• BCom Sport vs Accounting
• Athletics vs Football vs Basketball
• SASSU
• CUCSA
• International
• World Student Games vs Olympics

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Lessons learnt

• Hard work
• Discipline
• Leadership
• Commitment
• Self motivation
• Teamwork
• Integrity (honesty/fairness)
• Relationships
• Passion

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Challenges I faced

• Facilities
• Provincial
• School/University
• Township/Rural/Suburbs
• Financial constraints
• School
• University
• Sponsors - females
• Discrimination inequality
• Colour
• Institutional
• Exposure
• Other sporting codes
• Gender
• Media

• Development (at all levels)
• Pace - slow
• Other sporting codes
• Location
• Representation at international level
• Olympics, Commonwealth, World Cups, etc
• Incentives
• Amateur vs professional
• Female footballers
• Leagues USSASA/SASSU/Premier
• Research
• What makes an athlete happy?

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Possible Consequences

• Youth lost interest in sport
• Movies
• Parties
• Video games, etc
• No outdoor sport
• Crime
• Drug abuse
• Unprotected sex
• HIV/AIDS
• Teenage pregnancy
• Lost dreams

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Possible Remedies

• Education
• Values learnt on sports field
• Raising disciplined educated sportswomen men
• Future leaders
• Positive role models
• Support
• Financially sponsors
• Institutions - scholarships
• Gender
• Family

• Development
• Merit
• Assist in eliminating inequality in sport
• Rural areas/townships
• Gender
• No discrimination / barriers
• Fair selection processes
• Institutions
• Gender
• Sports Academies
• High Performance Centre
• Other institutions
• Clubs/recreational centres

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Conclusion

• It is our responsibility as a nation to ensure
  that we raise boys and girls who are educated and
  disciplined. These are our future leaders! We
  would have failed them if we cannot create an
  environment that encourages them to be the best
  they can be in both sport and education, no
  matter where they come from, no matter the colour
  of their skin.
• I trust that we will find remedies to the
  challenges faced by sport that will not only
  benefit Gauteng as a provincial but South Africa
  as a whole. I hope that the issues addressed in
  this seminar in the next two days do not just
  remain within the walls of the CSIR but that
  action is taken and we implement what has been
  discussed going forward.

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Thank You ?
Lydia Monyepao Tel [phone] Fax 011 772
5642 Mobile [phone] Cell
lydia.monyepao_at_za.ey.com