6 September 2012

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

We can be proud of our very own Olympic Games Gold Medallist

I recently had the opportunity to meet our very own Olympic Games gold medallist, Lawrence Sizwe Ndlovu. He is “our own” as he is a South boy who went to Mondeor High School. It was there that he was given the exposure and opportunity in the rowing sports code. So successful has he been that he returned from the recent Olympic Games held in London with a gold medal for South Africa.

I was privileged to have met Lawrence not once but twice within a week. I recently met him at the Miss Earth SA (also proudly led by a South Girl, Catherine Constantinides as Miss Earth SA
National Director) Gala dinner. Only three days later Parliament officially congratulated the full sports team that represented South Africa at the Olympic Games.

It never ceases to amaze me at how filled with talented and special people the South is. Not once have I ever felt “behind” despite what Joburgers from other parts of our beautiful city may say or think. Here is an opportunity for Southerners to boast about the Beautiful People of the South!

Yours Sincerely,

Manny de Freitas MP

Shadow Minister of Home Affairs

Member of Parliament for Johannesburg South

Democratic Alliance

(Transmitted electronically unsigned)