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Businessman, Thapelo Maifala from Ga-Ramokgopa is using sports to lift his community members out of poverty. His annual Thapelo Maifala Tournament (TMT) is growing into a force to be reckoned with in the area.

Omphile Masego Trading and Projects Director, Thapelo Maifale and Lesiba Movalo during a prize giving cememony of the Thapelo Maifala Tournament in Ga-Ramokgopa.Omphile Masego Trading and Projects Director, Thapelo Maifale and Lesiba Movalo during a prize giving cememony of the Thapelo Maifala Tournament in Ga-Ramokgopa.

Born and raised in the village, Maifala went on study Electrical Engineering after his matric. But soon after, tragedy struck in 1998 when his father passed on. Right there and then, funding for his studies dried up. At the tender age of 19, and as the only boy among his other female six siblings, the only thing Maifala could then graduate into was being the provider of the family.

“So, I trained these guys and their bosses took note and liked me from then on. They then asked me if I could come work for them and that is when I resigned,” says Maifala. “You see, when I grew up and I played soccer in Mokomene, we never had anybody come and say ‘guys, I am investing here in football or anything.’ And I have always felt that this village needed that, and when I had the means that is the one thing I sought to change in the community,” says Maifala, founder and sponsor of the annual TMT tournament.

There were other prizes, team and individual, for senior teams, the U15 as well as the Netball teams in the area. Lesiba Movalo, one of the dignitaries in attendance, has lauded Maifala’s effort to give back to the community.

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