Dr leepile taunyane biography sample
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Safa lauds wily Taunyane
Sowetan Reporter
Sowetan Reporter
Premier Soccer League (PSL) life president Leepile Taunyane has received yet another accolade with his appointment as an honorary life member of the national executive committee of the South African Football Association.
The long-serving administrator, who is a teacher by profession, will be obligated to attend six meetings of the executive committee a year, among other duties.
"It is an honour and privilege for me to have been appointed to this committee," said Taunyane.
"It is a recognition and appreciation of the services I have rendered to football over the years."
The Alexandra-born teacher was instrumental in the formation of some of the local and district associations that fall under the jurisdiction of Safa.
Taunyane committed himself to continuing to serve the beautiful game in his new capacity, coupled with the different roles that he is involved in.
"I pledge myself to continue to serve once more with loyalty and diligence in this country as well as in the rest of the continent."
He has served the football fraternity in various leadership roles since the 1970s, including occupying the presidency of the Transvaal Football Association (1974-85), the Alexandra Footb
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Interview: Leepile Taunyane
You have been President of the Transvaal United African Teachers' Association - TUATA - for more than 20 years now and also of the National Association of Professional Teachers' Organisations of South Africa. You are also Chairman of the National Soccer League and of the Premier League, but perhaps your strongest association has been with Alexandra. Were you born there?
No, I wasn't although I used to say I was. My parents came originally from the Free State but, you see, under apartheid you didn't dare say that you were born in the Free State because then if you incurred the displeasure of the law on any matter they would endorse you out and send you back to the Free State. So you always said you were born in Johannesburg. In fact, Alexandra has always been my home -1 was a small boy there in the early 1930s and Iam still living there today. It has been the great constant theme in my life.
Alexandra must have changed a great deal - and not for the better.
There has been a great deterioration there due to overcrowding - it is sad. It is really just a small community, you know, of about one square mile. In the old days, no one ever went without food or work because neighbours would help you if you were hungry, and they would also help you fin
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