Judo helps fight xenophobia in South Africa

Zimbabwean green belt judoka Denzel Shumba, 17 , competes with South African orange belt judoka Lesego Rikhoto, 15 in Johannesburg, on June 18, 2022 at the Dojo for Peace in the densely migrant populated district of Berea during a demonstration organised to celebrate International World Refugee Day. AFPPIX: In a newly renovated white building in a South African township about 20 children in judogi and others in school uniforms tumble around on a tatami under the watchful eye of a coach.

Fourteen years on, the scourge of xenophobia, which mainly targets black Africans, has not left the township. Orlando decided now, more than ever, was the best time to have a dojo in the township. It officially opened its doors last month. Ngala, 21, arrived in South Africa from Kinshasa in 2017 and immediately took up judo with Orlando. He has graduated to become a coach.

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