E750 000 FOR CHARITY CUP CHAMPS

(From Left) PLS Chairman Victor ‘Maradona’ Gamedze, Director of Sports Sipho Magagula, Minister of Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs David ‘Cruiser’ Ngcamphalala, SPTC MD Petros Dlamini, SPTC Chairman of the Board Arthur Ngcobo and NFAS President Adam ‘Bo

MBABANE – Itak’seta WayaWaya indeed as the 13th edition of the Swazi Telecom Charity Cup Soccer Spectacular 2014 will see its champions walk home with a sum of E750 000.

The total sponsorship package, as announced during the official launch of the tournament last night at the Royal Swazi Sun Convention Centre, stands at over E2 million.
The tournament, which this year trades under the tagline Itak’seta WayaWaya, was officially declared on by Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs Minister David ‘Cruiser’ Ngcamphalala. Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications Corporation Managing Director Petros Dlamini announced the package which indicates an increase of E301 440 from last year’s E1 700 000.

“The 2014 Swazi Telecom Charity Cup sponsorship package, honourable minister, stands at a whopping E2 001 440. This includes prize money to the value of E1 306 800,” said Dlamini to a huge round of applause from the excited floor. He went on to say that over the years, through their very creative and innovative staff, they have had a number of slogans for the Charity Cup. In the past 12 editions the slogans include those such as Eish, Iyashaya!, Siyayishintja Lentfo! and Itak’seta Mo.

“The slogan for this year’s Swazi Telecom Charity Cup will be ‘Itak’seta WayaWaya!’ he declared. Meanwhile, he explained that the format for the qualification into the two-day Charity Cup spectacular remains unchanged. He said supporters of the 24 PLS teams that are eligible for participation can vote to ensure that their favourite club is among the top six when the voting lines close.

Those six with the highest number of votes by close of voting will qualify for the tournament with the top two getting byes into the semi-finals. He also thanked the PLS for reserving the two glorious days for a soccer spectacular saying that what was achieved in a day would take others a lifetime to achieve. Minister Ngcmaphalala then urged the nation to spare a few Emalangeni to vote for the needy to benefit.




“The champions this year will pocket E750 000, E315 000 for the runners-up and E120 000 each for the losing semi finalists,” he said much to a loud roar of excitement.

The tournament is set to kick off in July with the finals set for August with the voting lines already opened as of midnight last night for eight weeks at E2 per vote. Below is the prize breakdown and the voting numbers for the 24 eligible PLS teams;

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