On the 24th of November the ABI staff went for site visit in Freedom Park, Soweto. Even though it was raining earlier and muddy it couldn't stop any of the youth to come and train. The ABI staff (mostly ladies who I think when applying for their work, one of the requirements was beauty) mingled with the local youth boys and girls. They went to play netball game with the Girls Netball team and I must say it was great fun and everyone looked equal and there were jokes made. And it was…

This is a reminder that the life-skills competition closes on 1 December. 

All groups must submit their written updates and photos asap to admin @ youthzones .co.za or to Doc or Schalk. 

The winners will be determined by independent consultants.

All the best!!

On the 24th of November ABI visited Soweto to see how junior and senior boys use their time after hours

of school and those who are unemployed unemployed.

Unfortunately it was raining in Soweto and when we arrived in Diepkloof with Schalk there were small boys who were ''Starting'' to train in that heavy rain.

It shows that there are boys who love what they do and do it with passion.

Most importantely you will never know who is watching your team or monitoring the…

 Jeff is one of the boys staying with me in my house he is from Mpumalanga. Jeff saved the best for last. After an up and down season, Jeffrey came oh so close to successfully to win the title. Only the speed of the Free State Champ and eventual winner stood between Jeff and glory..

Jeffrey showed he meant business when he ran the fastest time in half marathon, clocking 1:03min & 47sec in the South African half marathon championship and came 3rd.

Coming into the Soweto…

With the year almost over, we at Ikage a Youth Development Initiative based in Cosmo city we are very proud of our achievements and we wud like everyone to know that it is possible no matter how little you have. We come from a community with limited sporting facilities and that is why we at Ikage our dream is to build the first multi purpose sporting facilities in Cosmo city. Ikage is proud to say we have developed three boys from the community of Cosmo city to go play for a professional…

This coming saturday our ladies in mamelodi will be playing their league game at mamelodi east sports ground in mamelodi gardens.they are the host to Ga-Rankua Queens

Dream Team FC vs Ga-Rankua Queens

come and lets support our ladies..

By enjoying who you are, you bring out the best you can be. When you enjoy what you’re doing, what you’re doing will create great value.

When you find something to truly enjoy about where you are, you also find new and rewarding possibilities. By enjoying the moment you’re in, you bring unique richness to your life.

It’s not the situation itself that determines whether or not life is enjoyable. It’s the way you choose to respond to the situation.

Enjoyment is not a…

Did you get a blog from someone with this e-mail (confimine@yahoo.com) claiming they had seen your page and got intrested?

I was bussy brawsing my blogs one day on Youthzones when i got this one from a lady called CONFIDENCE OSAH who wanted to have a private chat with me through e-mail. I was intrested in having a foreign freind so i replied. We talk for only two days and she told me she was a refugee in Senegal in a camp called Ndouim in…

 hello everyone there!

LOVE WHO ARE

your self-image is the idea that you have of yourself,especially looks, your abilities

and who you are. Having a good self-image means that you appreciate yourself and 

think highly of yourself. You should have a good self-image because all your success 

and achievements in life are built on a good self-image. When you have a good self-image,

we say that you…

The event was held in Paballelo stadium. It was a great success, 12 primary schools are registered in dreamfields league. Only 1 primary school which did not pitch out. Well we played round robin all the present schools displayed their talents and get opportunity to play and they enjoyed themselves very much. By the way they were all winners but one team won the tournament that is Simbruner Primary  against Vooruitsig Primary 1 - 0. short report compiled by S. S. Rorwana…

A GROUP of volunteers,members of the Youth Agricultural and Rural Development (YARD)organisation,have lauched a clean-up campaigh in the city.The group started their clean-up operation at church square before moving to other parts of pretoria.Yard founder lehlogonolo mokoena said the organisation ,which was formed in 2009,would focus not only on the inner city ,but also on outlying areas such as Mamelodi,Atteridgeville and Hammanskraal.Mokoena said they were operating in partnership with the…

On the 13^th of October 2011 Simon and Richard went to Coca Cola Park for ABI words function with football freestyles from Evaton North. The function was about to give and appreciate the work of their employees. Youth zones freestyles attended to provide entertainment together with the well-known Bafana Bafana dancers and some professional sport players like captain fantastic Lucky Lekgwathi and Lucas Thwala from pirates and other from rugby. Having fun respecting and appreciating…

Sitting at KSA reflecting on the past week and last day or so...am realising the importance of communication. Umlazi is in need of real assistance but our communication is proving to be a hinderance than an advantage..this needs to be resolved..am on it...

I sat with Mondli yesterday at Smartxchange and I got to understand how teams in Umlazi are neglected they get very little assistance from the community, I'm talking about the spars/gas stations etc from the community. It is…