Monday 13 October 2003

Members of the Provincial Unions
Mr. Mike du Plessis
Members of the South African Baseball Union
Councillors present
Ladies and Gentlemen
And Players

I am pleased to welcome all the teams competing in the National Masters Baseball Tournament in Mogale City. Welcome to this beautiful city and hope that you will have a successful tournament. As you compete against each other, please make time to see the city and visit the Cradle of Humankind. This would be a visit you would not regret.

Mogale City is the ideal city where athletes can be trained because of its high altitude. It is an honour for us to host the National Baseball Tournament in Mogale City.

We should not forget that sport could be a catalyst to unite our society. I urge all sporting bodies to work hard to scout for talent in our society. This would mean that more and more people would be exposed to different sporting codes.

We commend Krugersdorp High Old Students Association, which is also known as KHOSA Sports Club for hosting this tournament. Organisations like KHOSA have a challenge of breaking barriers in sporting codes by promoting these sporting codes at grassroots level within Mogale City. We need to regain our identity by becoming a sporting city with rising stars in all sporting codes representing all races and creeds.
I visited KHOSA's website. What an impressive website!
The motto of the organisation reads: You gotta have balls to play with us.
That is quite a cheeky motto.
It is encouraging to see KHOSA using the Internet to promote its sporting offerings.

I am aware also that baseball has grown in leaps and bounds since it was introduced as one of the four sports played at KHOSA Sports Club.
The Braves Junior Baseball Club has produced 34 Provincial players and coaches and umpires, who have represented Gauteng at National League level. We also have taken note of your presence in the South African Olympic team. Your contact with international coaches inspires players to improve their game.

Mogale City Local Municipality is committed to working with sporting stakeholders or organisations that want to develop our youth. The future belongs to the youth. They have an opportunity to become sports stars in all sporting codes, if we give them a chance.

With those words, may I say Welcome and enjoy Mogale City's hospitality. Enjoy the tournament.

• Speech by Mayor: Mogale City's Youth Forum Workshop



• Speech by Mayor: unveiling of tombstones for Bimbo Madikela



• Speech by Mayor: SADC countries



• Speech by Mayor: Provision of education in the past decade



• Speech by Mayor: Oxygen for life



• Speech by Mayor: National Masters Baseball



• Speech by Mayor: launch of Mogale Foundation



• Speech by Mayor: Inaugural Mayoral Golf Day



• Speech by Mayor: Matric Farewell Function



• Speech by Mayor: Launching of the Empowerment Room



• Speech by Mayor: International Film Festival



• Speech by Mayor: International day of disabled persons



• Speech by Mayor: Mogale City's Enrichment Project



• Speech by Mayor: Research findings on drug and substance abuse---



• Speech by Mayor: Disabiblity Sports Event



• Speech by Mayor: Gala dinner in honour of Ace Ntsoelengoe



• Speech by Mayor: Mogale Chamber of Commerce and Industry



• Speech by Mayor: certificates for attending training



• Speech by Mayor: 14th West Rand Careers Exhibition



• Speech by Mayor: Bethany House Trust's Award ceremony



• Speech by Mayor: 20th Anniversary of Dr. Yusuf Mohammed Dadoo



• Speech by Mayor: 10 years of Freedom



• Speech by Mayor: 10th Anniversary of Carnivore



• Speech by Farouk Bhayaz: winter project



• Speech by Patrick "Ace" Ntsoelengoe: Lifetime Award



• Speech by Ace Ntsoelengoe: Ace Ntsoelengoe's honour



• Speech by Mayor: Mogale City honours Pule "Ace" Ntsoelengoe



• Official address at the opening of Council
  (26 February 2003)

• Senior citizens' luncheon

• Year-end message (2002)

• Message for Dikgang Tsa Mogale