Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Zizi Kodwa has congratulated South African boxer Jackson Chauke for winning the vacant International Boxing Organization (IBO) flyweight title.
Chauke defeated British boxer Quaise Khademi to become the latest world titleholder.
‘I congratulate Chauke for his excellent and inspirational achievement. He has raised the country’s flag sky high. Chauke is an inspiration not only to South African boxers but to all athletes for his dedication and commitment to the sport. These qualities have driven Chauke to the IBO flyweight title at 38 years of age,’ Kodwa said.
The Minister said he was an experienced fighter who won a silver medal in the men’s flyweight boxing event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.
Chauke has had a stellar career which has culminated in his IBO flyweight title victory.
‘I once again express my desire to see South African boxing being revived and to return to the heights it has scaled before. May Chauke’s success and recent presence
of South African boxers competing on the sport’s global stages further invigorate South African boxing,’ he said.
Source: South African Government News Agency
correspondent Narjes Bdira) – President Kais Saied stressed on Monday in Rome, where he attended the Africa-Italy Summit, the need to eliminate the causes of irregular migration to Europe through a collective solution.
Speaking to TAP on the sidelines of the summit, the head of state said that the solution to irregular migration cannot be individual, but must be collective, stressing that “the solution cannot also be based on security”.
Saied pointed out that, as a follow-up to the summit, a conference would soon be held to discuss the “details of the development to be established in African countries”.
He said that criminal organisations were behind the phenomenon, trafficking people and their organs around the world. “When there is hope, the feeling of despair disappears and no one will leave his country in death boats to other countries,” he stressed, adding that this inhuman situation cannot be accepted and must come to an end.
He declared that Tunisia has great potential and will ‘work to provide al
l the elements of a decent life for Tunisians and will welcome African brothers within the framework of the law.’
The President of the Republic spoke of the efforts made by state institutions and relevant organisations to help African migrants in the country, in particular the Tunisian Red Crescent, which has played a major role in this regard by putting humanitarian values before legal aspects.
President Saied stressed that “Tunisia will not accept the settlement of African migrants and will only be a place within the framework of the law established by our country and not within the framework of arrangements developed from abroad”.
The Head of State took part in the events of the “Italy-Africa” summit, which opened on Monday in the presence of some 25 heads of state and government from Europe and Africa.
The summit, held under the banner of the “Mattéo Plan”, also discussed issues such as migration, climate, food security and energy transition.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse