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SA NATIONAL CHAMPS PROTEAS MISHKA, RIASHA AND SHAYRANYA WERE DECLARED NATIONAL "SPORTS HEROES" AT THE SKISA NATIONAL GALA AWARDS BANQUET HELD ON THE WK END IN DURBAN
ALL THREE CURRENT SA KATA NATIONAL CHAMPS WHO WERE BRONZE MEDALLISTS AT THE 2011 COMMONWEALTH CHAMPS IN AUSTRALIA WERE UNFAIRLY AXED FROM THE PROTEA TEAM THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE WORLD (WKF) TOURNAMENT IN MALAYSIA OCT 2011
IT HAS EMERGED AT A SASCOC INQUIRY THAT KSA THE GOVERNING BODY FOR KARATE IN THE COUNTRY AXED THE GIRLS DUE TO DEPOSITS NOT BEING PAID ON TIME HOWEVER 3 MEMBERS FROM THE WESTERN CAPE WERE ALLOWED TO PAY 4 DAYS PRIOR TO THE TEAMS DEPATURE AMOUNTING TO NEPOTISM AND DISCRIMINATION BEING PRACTISED BY SOME NEC MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY KSA
CHIEF GUEST OF HONOR PROF GABRIEL NDABANDABA HLVP OF THE SKISA ORGANISATION PRESENTED HIGHFLYERS ACCOLADES TO THE THREE GIRLS MISHKA CHUNILAL, SHAYRANYA NAIDOO AND RIASHA SINGH AND DECLARED THEM NATIONAL SPORTS HEROES FOR THEIR TENACITY, DETERMINATION AND COURAGE SHOWN TO OVERCOME THE DEMORALISING EFFECT THAT KSA DEPRIVATION HAD ON THE THREE KARATE SUPERSTARS
"KSA ARE UNFORGIVABLE FOR SHATTERING THE THREE GIRLS DREAM OF FIGHTING ON THE WORLD STAGE" EXPRESSED SA KARATE LEGEND KYOSHI SONNY PILLAY PRESIDENT OF SKISA
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