August 2016

August was the month of Isithumba Community Development Movement was to excel in every aspect of its programmes involving sport, cultural development and education.  With activities aimed at uplifting the youth through cultural integration with foreign groups we were pleased to welcome the Kenyan group this month.  ICDM prides itself for hosting many African groups, which in turn enhances the understanding and conformity of our culture and enables us to explore the similarities in cultural practices between African countries.

ICDM had the pleasure of hosting the Kenyan Rugby Sevens team, LPS Nairobi. The group spent the whole day at Isithumba and participated in our programmes.  We took them for cultural tour around the region of KwaXimba and went to the skate park where they also had fun in trying out a new sport.  After the tour we played indigenous games and concluded the day with a Zulu a dance performed by the kids from ICDM.  We hosted this group through our partnership with the Department of Sport and Recreation managed by Teddy Adams, whose support we appreciate. 

ICDM would like to thank BMW Germany and Christian for donating 60 T-shirts for the kids.  We welcomed the T-shirts with a lot of games and fun, playing indigenous games such as Shoe Game, African baseball and drie stokkies.   It is companies like BMW Germany that helps us to keep moving forward and to continue to improve the lives of the village children who are most affected by the socio – economic challenges facing the village of Isithumba.

The most anticipated day of the second edition Cross Country Marathon came to reality when athletes came in their numbers to partake in a beautiful cross country marathon run along the Umgeni River in the Valley of a Thousand Hills.  Athletes from different age categories took part, ranging from seven year olds to the seniors.  In this year’s edition William Mtolo took part by running 8km with the seniors.  This Isithumba Cross Country Marathon will forever be famous as the marathon that was run by the Comrades Marathon legend and New York Marathon winner. ICDM, in partnership with Puseleso, would like to thank all stakeholders who helped to make this event a success.  We would like to acknowledge the support given to us by the Ethekwini Department of Sport and Recreation. We extend our gratitude to Umsuduzi Clinic for providing us with an ambulance and last but not least the KZN athletics and the marshals who made sure that the race was run safe and fair. Thank you to Kaz Mac photography for the amazing photos!

          

      

         

ICDM creates the mass inclusion in sport regardless of your demographics and your background and it has taken part in weeks of training, every weekend in Durban, for the Provincial Indigenous Games.  Our very own Mazwi and Buhle represented Ethekwini municipality in the Provincial Games which were held late in the month in Portshapestone. They were both playing the same code; drie stokkies.   Mondli was also part of the Indigenous Games as a Technical Official for drie stokkies. Buhle now has the chance of being selected as part of the KZN team that will participate in National Indigenous Games which are to be held in Limpopo from the 24-30th of September.

Comrades Marathon legend and New York Marathon winner, William Mtolo.

ICDM We are the future!!