In the News
News articles and opinions relevant to Grassroot Soccer, and posted to the website for consumption by GRS staff and fans alike.
IMF Managing Director Calls GRS “Inspirational”
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, made time during a whirlwind trip to South Africa to visit Grassroot Soccer in Soweto yesterday. In between meetings with the Minister of Finance, business leaders, and students at the Witwatersrand University to discuss the challenges facing the South African economy, Mr. Strauss-Kahn was received at [...]
GRS Coach Lunga Sidzumo Wins Mac Aids Fellowship
As a young leader in the fight against HIV and AIDS, Grassroot Soccer South Africa Coach Lunga Sidzumo, from Khayelitsha, was recently awarded a prestigious MAC AIDS Leadership Initiative Fellowship. Through a year-long training and development program, the fellowship supports leaders who have made significant contributions to reducing the spread and impact of HIV and [...]
Methembe Ndlovu Wins Dartmouth College Social Justice Award
On Friday, January 29, 2010, Grassroot Soccer Co-Founder and Zimbabwe Director Methembe Ndlovu was awarded Dartmouth College’s 2010 Martin Luther King Social Justice Award. The awards recognize members of the Dartmouth community who have contributed significantly to social justice, peace, civil rights, education, public health, or environmental justice. One of the three awardees [...]
GRS Wins British Airways Business Opportunity Grant
Grassroot Soccer was recently selected by British Airways to receive one of 100 Business Opportunities Grants. The following is an excerpt from British Airways about the grant:
For its Business Opportunity Grant program, British Airways hand selected the winning companies primarily based on how a year’s worth of business travel and face to face meetings, along [...]
Football For Hope Centre Opens Its Doors To Khayelitsha And The World
On Saturday, December 5, a day after the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final Draw, the eyes of the global soccer community were on the opening of the world’s first Football for Hope Centre, in Khayelitsha, South Africa, the culmination of a yearlong collaboration involving the Football for Hope movement, Grassroot Soccer, the Khayelitsha Development Forum, [...]