Musangwe season to star at Tshifudi

Musangwe, the traditional bare-knuckled boxing competition that is staged annually at Tshifudi, will again take place this festive season.

The tournament will start on 16 December and the finals will be held on 6 January 2018.

According to the president of musangwe in Vhembe, Mr Poison Ndevana, they are happy that the musangwe season is about to start. “This is our tradition and we are happy that we will be able to distinguish between the men in the community.”

He added that the sport was started by the ancestors and is approved by local traditional leaders. These fights are attended by men only, while women sell items such as mageu and drinks from a distance.

“We always ensure that musangwe is as safe as possible. When a fighter sustains a cut or bleeds during a fight, we have to stop the match.” He added that doctors and nurses are on stand-by at every match.

“Most of our fighters have the potential to make it in boxing and we are encouraging them to follow boxing and not end up only as unpaid fighters. There is a lot of money in boxing we are hopeful that we will soon produce a world champion from this area,” he said.

Date:15 December 2017

By: Kaizer Nengovhela

Kaizer Nengovhela started writing stories for Limpopo Mirror in 2000. Prior to that he had a five year stint at Phala-Phala FM as sports presenter. In 2005 Kaizer received an award from the province's premier as Best Sports Presenter. The same year he was also nominated as Best Sports Reporter by the Makhado Municipality. Kaizer was awarded the Mathatha Tsedu award in 2014.

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