Fashioning Modern Africanism

       Special Olympics South Africa (SOSA) officially launched the  “Adopt an Athlete” campaign in January this year to help to raise funds to get the 2023 SOSA National Team to the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin,Germany. The “Adopt an Athlete” campaign was created by SOSA in 2016 to help raise funds for international participation for their athletes. Fortunately, as in previous years a number of corporates and individuals have already stepped up to “Adopt an Athlete” and support the team in various ways.   Picture Credit: Mr Michael Tau These include: Rossimoda (via Sole Agents) - providing bespoke Team branded tracksuits African Bank – Adopted 5 Athletes SOSA Chairperson Dr Mathews Phosa – Adopted 2 Athletes Stabus – Adopted 2 Athletes The Booth Group Foundation - Adopted 2 Athletes Duma Collective – Adopted 1 Athlete Amtronix Diagnostics – Adopted 1 Athlete Intercape – Adopted 1 Athlete Kool-a-Chem - Providing Novelty Items Gift of the Givers - Providing Toiletries a

  CELEBS TAKE THE PLUNGE TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR SPECIAL OLYMPIC NATIONAL GAMES       The annual Special Olympics South Africa Polar Plunge is back!  Now, in its  6 th  year,  over 150 celebs and well-known personalities have already committed to taking the plunge into icy water to help raise funds for the 2022 Special Olympics South Africa National Games taking place in Limpopo in October.   Last year Special Olympics South Africa, a sport for development NGO, received overwhelming support from celebrities, personalities, media and corporate South Africa raising over R120k. A further R 100k was pledged but those funds are still outstanding. Funds raised last year were in support of the Special Olympics South Africa’s National Teams participation in the 2022 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Russia but these games were understandably cancelled. These funds have been now been committed to also support this year’s National Summer Games   This year’s participants will once again the