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Wisani Nemuremelane.

Wisani is TTM's dedicated first aider

 

While one should always seek out a proper medical professional when one suffers an injury, on-the-scene treatment can and should be performed by a person trained in first aid.

Born in Tshakhuma, Wisani Nemuremelane grew up loving the game of football, but little did she know she would make a career out of it. “When growing up, I wanted to be a physiotherapist,” Wisani said. Her interest in a first-aid career started when the GladAfrica Championship side, Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila Football Club (TTM), was established in 2014 and she volunteered as a first aider.

When asked about her educational background, she said she started her primary education at Masuvhelele Primary and completed her high school studies at Mavhungu Andries Secondary, both located in Tshakhuma. Being a first aider requires strong interpersonal skills, dedication, and patience. Wisani obtained her Health and First Aid qualification from Vhutshilo Health & Training institution and was thereafter appointed as a professional first aider of TTM. 

“My role is to give immediate assistance to players during training sessions and games on minor injuries such as bruises, sprains and strains – none of which is particularly serious. Even though a team doctor is available on standby, severe injuries are rare, but it is important to know how to recognise these, so that you can refer an injured player to the doctor,” Wisani said. 

As a 29-year old woman from a family of seven, Wisani says although she has been doing her job for more than five years, she still treats every match as if it is her first. She adds that no substitute exists for proper first-aid training and a qualified first aider should always be present. 

Her father, Mr Mmbengeni Samson Nemuremelane, and her mother, Johanah Chauke Malwela, never thought their daughter would be a first aider one day. 

“Football is considered a male-dominated sector. Therefore, as the only woman in the club, working with men has always been a challenge, but I am able to handle them professionally. I want to make women proud and put my village on the map,” the enthusiastic Wisani told Limpopo Mirror.

Wisie, as she is commonly known, said she would like to thank the president of TTM, Mr Masala Mulaudzi, for giving her an opportunity to do what she loves. The passionate first aider says her dream is to work for Banyana Banyana and Bafana Bafana.  Her message to other women is that everything is possible if they believe in themselves.

She encourages young girls to go to school and learn as much as they can instead of always depending on men. Wisani said she would like to advise people to adhere to the Covid-19 lockdown rules and stay hygienic all the time.

 

 

Date:19 April 2020

By: Tshifhiwa Mukwevho

Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho was born in 1984 in Madombidzha village, not far from Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province. After submitting articles for roughly a year for Limpopo Mirror's youth supplement, Makoya, he started writing for the main newspaper. He is a prolific writer who published his first book, titled A Traumatic Revenge in 2011. It focusses on life on the street and how to survive amidst poverty. His second book titled The Violent Gestures of Life was published in 2014.

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