A SOCIO-POLITICAL JOURNEY THROUGH SPORT
Vince van der Bijl, retired cricketer, founder and managing director of MasiSports Tuesday 28 January 5.00 pm COURSE FEES R110; Staff and students R55 Vince van der Bijl will be introduced by Neil Manthorp.
Born in 1948 when the Nationalist Party took over, Vince van der Bijl’s life has been intertwined with politics and sport during his time as a history teacher, sales rep and managing director of a paper merchant company owned by British American Tobacco. This was followed by his becoming the director of Cricket South Africa High Performance and, lastly, as manager of the International Cricket Council’s senior global umpires and referees. As a cricketer and administrator, he has been involved in all levels of cricket and has always been politically motivated.
In retirement he started an NPO, MasiSports, which includes a variety of programmes: academic, life skills, cultural activities and sport. It focuses on positively developing young lives and operates at two schools in Masiphumelele, from Grade R through to Grade 12. Prior to this he had been involved in township activities for many years, starting in 1982 when he became part of the only white stokvel in the country.
In this lecture he will discuss his political and humanitarian views and the journey in and around his life.
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Vince van der Bijl is a prominent ex-cricketer and cricket administrator as both a High-Performance Director and the ICC global umpires and referees manager. He was a high school teacher at Maritzburg College before moving into the business world, where he became MD of Haddons-Star, a leading paper merchant. During retirement, he founded an NPO. MasiSports, providing 3 500 learners with a full holistic education, including facilities, coaches etc. interwoven with the two Masiphumelele Schools