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Speaker 2: Talk let me go.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: No, I'm of the opinion that South African athletics is

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Speaker 2: in quite a considerably healthy space. But what about youth athletics.

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Speaker 2: Over this period, We're expecting to see the twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: six National High Schools Athletics Championships, but that's running into

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Speaker 2: quite a storm. There has been postponement of the national

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Speaker 2: event for high school learners that was announced by the

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Speaker 2: Department of Basic Education as well as the Department of Art,

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Speaker 2: Sports and Culture. Evan Skulk is the General Secretary of

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Speaker 2: the South African Schools Athletics. Good morning, Evon, really appreciate

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Speaker 2: your time. Why was the youth the high school champions postponed?

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Speaker 2: We have plenty of schools youth athletes ready to participate.

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Speaker 2: We're airing because of budget constraints. What's been happening?

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Lester and your lesson as I am honestly

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Speaker 1: deeply honored to talk to you this morning. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for the opportunity to provide clarity on the current situation

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Speaker 1: facing our South African Schools Athletics High School and Elphin

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Speaker 1: School Athletics Championship. And I must also clarify that we

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Speaker 1: are inclusive, so we have mainstream athletes as well as

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Speaker 1: learn us work special educational needs that would have competed. Rightfully,

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Speaker 1: said the reason for the postponement badgery constraints actually led

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Speaker 1: to the postponement of the event, but the main reason

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Speaker 1: at first, and I must also clarify that such an

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Speaker 1: identify who will be hosting, so we have a five

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Speaker 1: year plan. And this year twenty twenty six that honor

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Speaker 1: was Worth Northwest Province and they had two World Athletics

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Speaker 1: certified stadiums, one in Ports MacArthur and the Royal Baffle

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Speaker 1: King in Rastenber And we identify so the Department of

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Speaker 1: Basic Education is responsible for all tiements and logistical matters

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Speaker 1: that obviously go with housing a championships. So from the

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Speaker 1: onset a beautiful stadium from the Royal Nation site, inspections

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Speaker 1: had been done from South African schools athletics delegates were

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Speaker 1: the local structures in Northwest as well as the Department

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Speaker 1: of Sports Artists.

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Speaker 2: Even if I'm sorry to do to push you a

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Speaker 2: movie along, you're running out of time, but who's supposed

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Speaker 2: to have been the primary sponsor, saying the Department of

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Speaker 2: Basic Education was the primary facilitator in terms of funding

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Speaker 2: these these championships. Why did that not happen?

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Speaker 1: The Department of Arts, Sports, Arts and Culture. They are

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Speaker 1: the primary sponsor or funder. So several meetings outside inspection

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Speaker 1: and ultimately three things were cited. One the incomplete sound

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Speaker 1: system installation, which obviously had a risk potential because they

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Speaker 1: wouldn't hear if there was an emergency, and then later

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Speaker 1: public liability. But this morning I saw a statement sent

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Speaker 1: out by Royal Buffokay that the compliance certificate was not

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Speaker 1: issued and that led to the nine availability of the SAT.

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Speaker 2: It seems like some poor planning on on whose part

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Speaker 2: is that we have now one hundreds of high school

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Speaker 2: athletes from nine provinces we expected to take part from

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Speaker 2: the eighth to the eleventh. That's not going to happen.

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Speaker 2: It's going to impede on the learning time because they

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Speaker 2: need to get back to school. You know that these

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Speaker 2: games have now been postponed to later in April. Whose

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Speaker 2: responsibility is this planning?

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Speaker 1: We at several meetings and nine time or pointing singers.

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Speaker 1: Who is responsible? That wouldn't help and we need to

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Speaker 1: collectively take responsibility because a lot of athletes have been disappointed.

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Speaker 1: Parents have been disappointed. So to remedy the situation, we

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Speaker 1: have to ensure that this miss opportunity does not face

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Speaker 1: our athletes. Hence, the championship was not canceled but rather postponed.

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Speaker 1: And we do understand then the consequences of postponement because

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Speaker 1: athletes they've prepared, they've reached their peak. They were financial

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Speaker 1: losses to parents, provinces, etc. But the good news is

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Speaker 1: the champions of World continued from the twenty ninth of

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Speaker 1: I brought to the second of my intel DIDs and

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Speaker 1: we had to make the necessary.

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Speaker 2: Self On Skuk speaks and is the General secretary of

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Speaker 2: the South African School Athletics Association. If you have someone

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Speaker 2: in your family, a young person was expected to take

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Speaker 2: part was expected to be in Rosenberg this week that

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Speaker 2: has now been delayed to April ATMINO. What's the preparations

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Speaker 2: like and how does this postponement the negative impact those

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Speaker 2: preparations for a student athlete two one, four, four, six, five, six,

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Speaker 2: seven