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Burger King Invests In South Africa’s Football Future

Burger King Invests In South Africa’s Football Future

From South Africa Football Association via AllAfrica

Grand Parade Investments and its subsidiary, Burger King, have made a commitment to be part of the solution to football in South Africa.

Following the national team’s sustained performance challenges, Grand Parade Investments has decide to invest in the South African Football Association (SAFA) in support of three national tournaments to identify, develop and nurture football talent in South Africa.

Executive Chairman of Grand Parade Investments, Hassen Adams, is the driving force behind the company’s passion: to be a profitable and successful enterprise in the gaming and leisure industry, while at the same time uplifting and rewarding its shareholders.

GPI’s shareholders include thousands of ordinary people from the marginalised communities in South Africa’s historically disadvantaged areas.

“We believe that our role at GPI extends beyond business into our communities, where we have identified the youth as a critical area for development. We regard football as a key enabler, which is why we have decided to start building a partnership with SAFA.”

“One of the solutions for South African football is to develop structures from the ground up, allowing young talent to be identified and developed. We believe that the three tournaments for under 17, under 19 and under 19 women, will be a major contributor to creating a sustainable platform for national selection.”

Nine provincial teams will compete in each category at the Tournaments, the first of which takes place at the end of March 2014. Ultimately, the provincial selectors will identify a team in each category to participate at international level. From these players, SAFA will be able to select future Bafana Bafana players.

Read more at AllAfrica