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Williams sisters to play exhibition match in South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - International tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams on Wednesday confirmed they will visit South Africa in November 2012 to launch a women’s empowerment programme.
The visit will be undertaking within the context of the Breaking the Mould (BTM) campaign which was launched by leading businessman Qondisa Ngwenya aims to catalyse, acknowledge and reward South African women who have risen above their own set of challenges and adversities to succeed and inspire.
Comprising a number of initiatives, BTM has issued a statement saying it will launch a series of “Pop-up Colleges” at six universities led by some of South Africa's current leading women, including Khanyi Dhlomo, Managing Director of Ndalo Media; Thembi Kunene, Chief Quality Assurance Officer of South African Tourism.
The 2012 campaign will culminate in the arrival of the Williams sisters, who will attend a coaching clinic in Soweto, a gala dinner and a televised exhibition match in Johannesburg – the first time the sisters will meet each other in competition on African soil.
-0- PANA CU/SEG 12Sept2012
The visit will be undertaking within the context of the Breaking the Mould (BTM) campaign which was launched by leading businessman Qondisa Ngwenya aims to catalyse, acknowledge and reward South African women who have risen above their own set of challenges and adversities to succeed and inspire.
Comprising a number of initiatives, BTM has issued a statement saying it will launch a series of “Pop-up Colleges” at six universities led by some of South Africa's current leading women, including Khanyi Dhlomo, Managing Director of Ndalo Media; Thembi Kunene, Chief Quality Assurance Officer of South African Tourism.
The 2012 campaign will culminate in the arrival of the Williams sisters, who will attend a coaching clinic in Soweto, a gala dinner and a televised exhibition match in Johannesburg – the first time the sisters will meet each other in competition on African soil.
-0- PANA CU/SEG 12Sept2012
