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Team SA to wear veldskoene at Olympics opening ceremony in Tokyo
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Pretoria - SA marathon runner Gerda Steyn set a new womenâs record time in Italy last week but she, like the rest of Team South Africa, will not be wearing running shoes at the opening of the Olympic Games.
Instead, the athletes, swimmers and other 300 sportsmen and women of Team SA will wear veldskoene when they carry the South African flag aloft in Tokyo, Japan, for the opening ceremony in less than 100 daysâ time.
The Olympics closes a circle for co-founders of the Veldskoen brand, Nick Dreyer, Ross Zondagh, and Nic Latouf â Pretoria Boysâ High old boys who have given the footwear new popularity with their distinctive shoes with brightly coloured soles and laces.
DA welcomes forensic investigation into NAC management of PESP fund polity.org.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from polity.org.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
DA calls on Mthethwa and Arts Council to appear before Parliament in light of funding disputes
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to the Chairperson of the parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and Culture, Beauty Dlulane, to request an urgent meeting with the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, the National Arts Council (NAC), and all relevant stakeholders in the arts and culture sector regarding the debacle surrounding the Presidential Economic Stimulus Programme (PESP) relief funding.