Zaka girls take centre stage as inaugural festival kicks off

HUNDREDS of Zaka schoolgirls are set to take to the pitch on Saturday for the inaugural LM Auctioneers Girls Soccer Festival, a day organisers say is built to celebrate and develop the girl child through football.

Eight schools from across the district will showcase their skill on two pitches at St Joseph High School in Jerera, in the first edition of the tournament to bring together schools exclusively from Zaka.

LM Auctioneers founder and managing director Lewis Muzhara, who is bankrolling the festival, said it was designed to give rural girls a stage.

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