21/10/2024
The 7th annual O.R. Tambo-Soncini Social Cohesion Games will take place this weekend, from 26th to 27th October, at the University of Johannesburg Kingsway Campus in Auckland Park.
Organised by the Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, the games will bring together over 1,000 young athletes from across Gauteng, as well as athletes from the City of Reggio Emilia in Italy. They will participate and compete in various sports such as rugby, football, basketball, athletics, netball, and swimming.
The games are part of the celebration of October as O.R. Tambo Month, to in memory of his legacy here in South Africa and globally. Tambo had a special relationship with the late Guiseppe Soncini of the City of Reggio Emilia in Italy. Soncini, who passed away in April 1991, will be remembered for his support and enabling the signing of an international solidarity pact with various political organisations in 1977. Through him, Reggio Emilia was a safe sanctuary for a number of political freedom fighters.
