This is not a review, but if it were to be, I’d gratefully celebrate a significant win by CoCT in a project I held and still hold so dear to me… take into consideration that everything has due process attached to it, and that this small wins will become something pretty sweet for all to experience and enjoy in the coming years.

Some wins don’t come with speeches.
No social media posts. No email threads. No photos of handshakes. Just a quiet share. We have a boundary rope now, and in as much as the boundary rope project started mid 2023 closer to my abrupt end of tenure, it’s still a project shared with intent and direction. This blog post isn’t just about a rope, of course. It is about the slow and steady work of development, the kind of work that continues whether you’re inside the teams circle or volunteering from the margins.

In this case, the city continues to step up.
This is the heart of the story. In a time where many city departments are written off as red tape, under-resourced, or out of touch, the City showed up yet again for the facility and sport I once was visibly invested in. They engaged the club. They asked the right questions. They kept the spirit of Stakeholder Relations we rebuilt going and the channels open.

Even at navigating fractured relations of leadership, they didn’t walk away.
They reached out. Not to bypass or undermine, but because they recognised a willingness to follow through on key projects, and more importantly, I genuinely think the Langa based City Officials care about getting things done for that community.

This boundary rope?
It wasn’t a favour to our era at this spacific community. It was a commitment to the players. To safety. To the standard the game deserves. And they didn’t stop when they didn’t get credit. That matters. Since I started volunteering, I’ve said the same things over and over: It’s about who gets served. It’s about building systems that outlast personalities, (including my own)
And it’s about nurturing Stakeholder Relations and choosing holistic partnerships over certain performances every time.

I really would yet again wish to celebrate CoCT’s Yongama Matshoba and team for bringing yet another vision project to life for the Langa Sports Stadium, a facility that has the potential to be a township based commercial space through effective management, functional facility management committees and most importantly sports team executives who envision a future for the facility beyond their immediate needs.

Here are a few more highlights from the CoCT’s active endeavors to improving this facility.