MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture, Mr Mangaliso Matika, has conveyed his message of support and best wishes to NC Professionals Football Club from Kathu as they participate in the ABC Motsepe League National Playoffs currently underway in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape from 01 \u2013 07 June 2026.<\/p>\n
The Northern Cape champions started their national playoff campaign on a positive note after securing an impressive 2-0 victory over Mpheni Defenders from Limpopo in their opening fixture. NC Professionals will now turn their attention to their next crucial encounter against the KwaZulu-Natal champions scheduled for Wednesday, 03 June 2026.<\/p>\n
Kimberley<\/p>\n
MEC Matika congratulated the team on their strong start and encouraged the players and technical team to continue representing the Northern Cape with pride, determination and discipline. \u201cWe are proud of the manner in which NC Professionals have started the tournament and we commend the team for flying the Northern Cape flag high on the national stage.<\/p>\n
”Football continues to unite communities and inspire young people across our Province. We wish the team well for the remainder of the playoffs and encourage them to continue believing in their abilities,\u201d said MEC Matika.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture, Mr Mangaliso Matika, has conveyed his message of support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2180"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2182,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180\/revisions\/2182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}