Friday, 19 July 2019
Busisiwe Mokwena is a sports journalist with multiple awards to her name. She covers all sports, from athletics to netball to road running, but her first love is football.
The Australian coach came out of retirement to take the Spar Proteas to new heights and wants to go out in style at the upcoming INF Netball World Cup, after which she plans to retire for good.
The Banyana legend has had an illustrious career since her debut at 14. But there is one piece of the puzzle missing and she hopes the World Cup will make her a ‘complete player’.
The lifelong sport advocate has a big task ahead of her as the first woman to head the Federation of Africa University Sports. But the challenge doesn’t faze her.
The South African captain talks about her hope of winning a medal in the Netball World Cup in Liverpool and a career that has taken her to Australia and England.
NSA president Cecilia Molokwane says hosting the World Cup will create a lasting legacy in South Africa and on the continent by professionalising the sport.
Women’s football is essentially a passion project for many players and administrators because the game’s governing body continues to neglect and even humiliate female players.