This coming weekend will see the College Students of Dale and St Andrew’s score tries and goals not just as competing rivals but as brothers determined to raise funds for the fight against GBV.
Eastern Cape, South Africa (18 June 2025) – Young College Students are bravely taking a stand against the nationwide crisis that is gender-based violence (GBV). That is exactly what the boys of Dale College and St Andrew’s College will be uniting and playing for this weekend at their GBV Derby.
Beyond the intense soccer, rugby, and hockey matches, teams will unite, marching from the school gates to the field, standing together, not just as rivals this time, but as brothers in the fight against GBV and Femicide.
The school sports teams will be playing for a purpose as they hope to spread awareness and raise R50,000 to support work done by two organisations. The first is the Nokwanda Patocka GBVF Foundation, which works to raise awareness about gender-based violence and femicide among the broader society, as well as specifically for women, children, the elderly, and people with disabilities in the community of Qonce.
The other organisation the boys hope to support is the Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation. This foundation was established in honour of Uyinene, a 19-year-old UCT student whose gruesome death in August 2019 brought the debate around gender-based violence to the forefront both nationally and internationally.
“As a school, we are of the strong opinion that when it comes to GBVF, we must not only be reactionary in dealing with it, but we must be proactive. We have a duty to equip our boys and build young men who will put a stop to GBV. Boys who will challenge their peers and ensure we have upright citizens,” Dale College shared.
The boys also hope to develop and roll out a Re-Education Programme for boys in Qonce and Centane, which will speak to positive masculinity, building happy and healthy relationships, developing self-confidence, understanding consent, breaking the stigma around mental health, and instilling leadership.
“Every time we score a try, we’re not just putting points on the scoreboard, we’re helping raise funds to fight GBV. GBV is not just a women’s issue, it’s a human crisis rooted in silence, power and learned behaviour. To end GBV, we must start where it often begins: with boys, attitudes and the spaces that shape them.”
We’re rallying behind these young men and their proactive efforts towards creating a safer world for society’s most vulnerable.
If you can’t attend the Derby in person, consider getting behind the boys as they play for this incredible cause by making a once-off donation here.
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