In Conversation With Dr Thabo Monyatsi and Slindile Mkhatshwa
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On Friday, 26 July 2025, the Diggs Field on Wits University’s West Campus will come alive with colour, movement, and meaning during the much-anticipated Powering Futures Sports & Fun Day. Taking place from 09:00 to 13:30, this exciting event goes beyond friendly games and fun — it's a dynamic platform for youth empowerment, social dialogue, and cultural celebration.
Powering Futures is driven by a coalition of youth-focused and community-centred organisations, including the Faculty of Best Advisory, XCUS, and Youth of Peace. Together, they aim to provide young people with a safe, expressive space where leadership, learning, and play intersect to inspire long-lasting social change.
“This is more than just a sports day,” say the organisers. “It’s about equipping young people to take charge, build unity, and challenge the inequalities they face daily — all through the power of sport and creativity.”
Attendees can look forward to an action-packed programme featuring football, netball, indigenous games, board games, poetry, music, traditional dance, and interactive educational activities. Each element of the day has been thoughtfully curated to promote critical conversations, uplift cultural expression, and encourage youth-led solutions to social issues such as gender inequality and youth unemployment.
While the field will echo with laughter and team chants, the true goal of the event is impact — raising awareness, creating connection, and mobilising a generation to lead with confidence and compassion.
Whether you're a student, artist, athlete, or community advocate, the Powering Futures Sports & Fun Day welcomes all who believe in joy as a force for justice.
Powering Futures is driven by a coalition of youth-focused and community-centred organisations, including the Faculty of Best Advisory, XCUS, and Youth of Peace. Together, they aim to provide young people with a safe, expressive space where leadership, learning, and play intersect to inspire long-lasting social change.
“This is more than just a sports day,” say the organisers. “It’s about equipping young people to take charge, build unity, and challenge the inequalities they face daily — all through the power of sport and creativity.”
Attendees can look forward to an action-packed programme featuring football, netball, indigenous games, board games, poetry, music, traditional dance, and interactive educational activities. Each element of the day has been thoughtfully curated to promote critical conversations, uplift cultural expression, and encourage youth-led solutions to social issues such as gender inequality and youth unemployment.
While the field will echo with laughter and team chants, the true goal of the event is impact — raising awareness, creating connection, and mobilising a generation to lead with confidence and compassion.
Whether you're a student, artist, athlete, or community advocate, the Powering Futures Sports & Fun Day welcomes all who believe in joy as a force for justice.