LESOTHO MINISTRY OF GENDER AND YOUTH, SPORT AND RECREATION
HOSTS THE AUSC REGION 5 BI-YEARLY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETINGS IN MASERU FROM THE
25 APRIL TO 4 MAY 2018
The Ministry of Gender and Youth, Sport and Recreation is
currently hosting the bi-yearly AUSC Region 5 Executive Council Meetings. The
meetings are held at Avani Lesotho, where a number of various Committees and
Commissions such as Women In Sport (WIS) and Sport for People with Disability
(SPWD) are expected to meet to deliberate on various issues of sport and contribute to the advancement of the cause of
sport development and policy shaping for
sport community at large, minority and
often marginalized groups such women in sport and people with disabilities
involved in sport.
Members of the Region comprise of: Angola, Botswana,
Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and
Zimbabwe.
These meetings are hosted by all AUSC Region 5 member
countries on rotational bases and for the May 2018 Lesotho is currently
hosting.
The Minister of Gender and Youth, Sport and Recreation, Dr
Mahali Phamotse said “We are excited as the Government of Lesotho to extend our
hospitality to the entire leadership of sport in region. In the past we have
seen how other member countries have prepared for such meetings and as Lesotho
we are excited to showcase to the region the culture of Basotho and our
hospitality. We hope the deliberation
that will take place here in Lesotho will change the face of sport in our
Region and our athlete’s lives will be changed for the better and we will go on
international competition to win medals”.
The meetings will be attended by all member countries
represented by the directors of sport in the ministries, chairpersons of sport
commissions or council and their Chief Executive Officers together with the
Olympic Committee organisation of the region represented by COSANOC.
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EDITORS NOTE:
The African Union Sport Council Region5 (AUSC Region5) is
the sports arm of the African Union, which was once the Organisation of African
Unity. It was formed in the 1960s, and its headquarters is based in Yaoundé,
Cameroon.
The main aim of the AUSC is to use sports to achieve peace,
integration and unity in Africa i.e. sport as a vehicle of encouraging people
to develop and come together, irrespective of colour, economic status,
political, class, or gender.
The AUSC divided Africa into seven competition zones due to
the vastness of the continent and for financial prudence. The main
consideration was the countries’ geographical positions. It is from this that
AUSC Region was born.
BACKGROUND OF THE AFRICAN UNION SPORTS COUNCIL (AUSC) REGION
5
The African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 is one of
the five Regions entrusted with the responsibility to develop sport under the
African Union. This follows the dissolution of the Supreme Council for Sport in
Africa (SCSA), under which the Region 5 was known as SCSA Zone VI.
Members of the Region comprise of: Angola, Botswana,
Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and
Zimbabwe.
The SCSA was established on the 14 December 1966 and served
as a specialized agency of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) for the
coordination of the Africa Sports Movement and to utilize Sport in the struggle
against colonialism and apartheid on the continent. Invariably, the SCSA was
essentially a political organization which furthered the aims and objectives of
the OAU through Sport.
