Times Of Swaziland: SD BUILDING SOCIETY’S  E120 000 FOR TENNIS

SD BUILDING SOCIETY’S  E120 000 FOR TENNIS
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BY NTOKOZO MAGONGO on 17/05/2018 08:41:00


MBABANE – It was all smiles for the Swaziland National Tennis Association
(SNTA) as Swaziland Building Society showered them with an increment of E20 000
for the 2018/19 sponsorship.
The package will go towards the development of the sport and tournaments. The
E120 000 cheque was handed over by SBS Managing Director Timothy Nhleko to SNTA
President Maxwell Jele and SNSRC CEO Darius Dlomo yesterday.
Nhleko said, with the sponsorship they are practising good corporate citizenry.
He said they believe in uplifting the communities they are doing business with.
“The SBS has built a long-term relationship with tennis, which we are and have
been sponsoring for years. Our brand resonates very well with the sport. Tennis
is a good sport that requires individual commitment and does not require a lot
of people to practise it. This attribute is an advantage for players to improve
their quality play. This will make them do well even at the international
stage,” said.
Nhleko said they encourage the youth to be more involved, as that will help
avoid other social ills like drugs and alcohol abuse among other things. SNTA
President Maxwell Jele said the launch was history in the making. “It is with
extreme joy and excitement that on behalf of association and the tennis
fraternity at large, I take this opportunity to extend our most profound
appreciation to the SBS for this generous  sponsorship of E120 000 towards our
development programme. This dramatic increase value over the last few years is
evidence that our relationships has matured and that we are on the right
course,” he said. Swaziland National Sport and Recreation Council (SNSRC) CEO,
Darius Dlomo said sports were meaningless without sponsorships incentives.