The South African Senior Women’s team, Banyana Banyana, today took some time off from their match preparations to visit two schools in Kanyamazane ahead of their game against Mozambique on Sunday.

The school visits form part of the teams programme to interact with the community and also promote their game against Mozambique. The team was well received by the pupils at both Masihambisane Primary School and Sitintile High School where the squad handed over an autographed shirt and ball to the headmasters of the two schools.

For the Sasol sponsored team, the schools visit provided the players and management the opportunity to interact with young football lovers and to tell them that their dream of playing for the national team could come true.

Primrose Ndlozi proved to be a favourite amoung the young supporters that came out to meet the team. As a local girl, many of the young players in the community view her as their idol who is an inspiration and someone they can look up to.

“It is always good for the team to come out and interact with the community. These are the people who support our team and without their support our team would lack a fundamental communal element,” said Joseph Mkhonza, Banyana Banyana head coach.

Tomorrow, the team will be at Kanyamazane Mall from 10h00 in the morning. This will be the team’s final public promotion before their 15h00 kick-off against Mozambique on Sunday.

“I was glad to see so many kids excited to see us and I am even more excited by the fact that there were so many young girls at the schools that have an interest in football. This was a great outing for the team as many of the girls are still students. Now we understand the importance of being actively involved with the communities,” said Janine van Wyk, Banyana Banyana captain.