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Zanele Mdodana (Supplied)

TODAY: Former South African netball captain ... ZANELE MDODANA

1. Nickname/s: Zan or Zozo

2. Greatest sporting moment for that you can recall (in general): Venus Williams winning Wimbledon for the 1st time

3. Childhood sporting hero: Steffi Graf

4. Greatest sporting moment personally: 2019 Rugby World Cup final

5. Game or sporting event that you could watch on repeat: Any tennis final where Steffi Graf wins

6. Sea or river: Sea

7. Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate

8. Favourite holiday destination: Jamaica

9. Banana or pineapple on a pizza: Pineapple

10. What would your last meal be: Herbal Life shake

11. Favourite superhero and why: Spiderman - imagine

12. If a movie was made about your life who would play you: Alicia Keys

13. 2 things you would want with you on a desert island: Water, music

14. Current series addiction: Last Dance

15. Do you have a favourite joke: I have a very dry sense of humour - too many!

16. Best piece of advice you have ever received: when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time

17. Hobby: Ballroom dancing

18. How does Sport for good relate to you: It’s my purpose!

19. Laureus programme that you have interacted with, and what they do: Cool Play changes lives for the better and are making a difference empowering youth using rugby and netball as a tool

20. What are you and/or your family doing over this time to ensure you keep mentally and physically healthy? Exercising, trying to keep conversations stimulating and just spending quality time together. I am also doing rehab, so am doing my exercises and training to make sure I'm fully recovered when lockdown is lifted

Who is Laureus?

Laureus is a global movement that celebrates the power of sport to bring people together as a force for good. The first Patron of Laureus was Nelson Mandela. At the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards in 2000, President Mandela said: “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.”

This has become the philosophy of Laureus, the driving belief behind all they do.

Laureus combines Laureus Sport for Good, the Laureus World Sports Academy and Ambassadors Programme and the Laureus World Sports Awards to form a unique organisation that uses the inspirational power of sport as a force for good.

Laureus Sport for Good South Africa

The Laureus Sport For Good Foundation Trust South Africa is a local chapter of the Laureus Sport For Good Foundation. Launched in 2002, SA was the first regional office to be established by Laureus International.

What is the Laureus Sport For Good vision? “Using the power of sport to end violence, discrimination and disadvantage. Proving that sport can change the world”. The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation South Africa supports over 30 projects nationwide. Every programme supported addresses at least one of the following six social issues, which are aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: 

• Health: Enhancing mental wellbeing and encouraging healthy behaviour change

• Education: Increased access to and completion of education

• Women and Girls: Promoting equality, empowerment and safety

• Employability: Developing skills and creating pathways to employment

• Inclusive Society: Creating communities which embrace ethnic, cultural and physical differences

• Peaceful Society: Resolving conflict, promoting community peace-building and creating safe spaces

For more information: https://www.laureus.co.za/

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