“Sport has a role to play in uniting countries, because it speaks a language and has ideals beyond the reach of politicians” said by Nelson Mandela after the South African rugby World Cup victory in 1995. During the apartheid years, sport was mainly the domain of the white minority and there is no doubt that the Apartheid divided the country, but like Nelson Mandela said through sports we can break barriers of race, class and gender. It is essential to understand sports as an institution and an element of culture. Sport plays a vital role in human human relations among communities. To others, sports is a career from which they make a living.

Nande Sports CC was established by Mr Chumani Booi, an ex-professional rugby player who is now a rugby coach. Nande sports offers a well-structured and sustainable extra mural programme that is designed to help children in schools. The children receive proper coaching from well qualified coaches to prepare them for an opportunity to compete at a high level. This extra mural programme will help children to keep focused in a constructive environment and keep away from negative influences in their surroundings. It gives them an opportunity to develop holistically, with one of the key emphasis being to stimulate their minds and bodies through exercise and teamwork with fun being the driving force. Helping the upliftment of the communities through rugby coaching and physical education is one of the fundamentals of this programme. The programme focuses on the development of the children’s mental and physical abilities by incorporating core social skills as well as critical motor skills coordination through a fun, good spirited and confidence building curriculum which includes eye hand ball coordination skills and running skills. Ball play is a crucial part of the Nande Sports CC programme through this we help with the development of a chain of specific patterns which are crucial to a child’s coordination and progression. The coaching programme includes rugby core fundaments skills, positional skills aswell as individual micro skills development. Nande Sports CC equips a child for the overwhelming physical demand, dedication and discipline required to be proficient in both a team and individual sports. Since fun is a major fundamental of this programme we put a lot of emphasis on educating the children on a healthy and safe way to enjoy sports.

The member of the business, Mr Chumani Booi, now wishes to approach corporate business, small business and other entities for financial sponsorship to enable them to develop rugby in rural communities, villages and schools.