FOUNDER: MR VUMA LANCELOT MFEKA
Senior Soccer Legends Ambassador & Chairperson: Inkonjane youth development
Inkonjane VM Youth Development
About the Founder
Mr. Vuma Mfeka is known across the country and continent from his school days mainly in sport and football in particular. As a football legend and well respected goalkeeper, he played in the highest leagues and for professional football clubs like Wanderers F.C. and Amazulu F.C. during his prime years.
He is a passionate sportsman with infectious positive energy and is often the 1stport of call for youth development initiatives, soccer academies or soccer development initiatives in schools; his in-depth knowledge on football has made him to be regularly contacted by media & soccer journalists for comments. He is actively involved in grooming young soccer players through various collaborations in SA and abroad, in 2001 he was instrumental in taking a team of 20 learners from various schools in Durban to England to play a friendly match Leeds FC development team where they met Lucas Radebe who was the captain. He has consistently worked with soccer legends to ensure their contribution in soccer development is recognized and is often at hand to facilitate their celebrations and assists even when some are being laid to rest.
He enjoyed a long and successful career as an educator who had 20 years experience within the Dept. of Education. He served as a principal for various schools but made a remarkable mark as a Principal of Umgaga High School, he is still considered to be one of the best Principals in South Africa. He believes that “every child has a capacity to learn”, and welcomed all students even those with less than desirable marks. During his tenure he was in charge of 75 teachers and increased the matric pass rate from 5% to a consistent 100% pass rate over years with an estimated 450 matric students p/a. His school was awarded the “Best Matric School” for leading in Umlazi South for 3 consecutive years; they also excelled in sports and music. He was selected by TOPS (Teachers Opportunity Program) to be amongst the top 20 school principals in SA to study for a Master’s Program in School Leadership and Management at the University of Carolina (US) & Durban Westville. On the 15th June 2022 he was honoured by his ex-students and ex-teachers at a Gala Dinner at Durban ICC for being a Change Maker and for shaping the lives of many young people who are leading purposeful lives today.
A true believer in “Leave no one behind”, he is the founder of Inkonjane VM Youth Development and Deputy Chairperson for Sivusisizwe Africa Initiative, a sister NPO that uses sport as a platform for positively changing young people’s lives.
Winning Services for Youth
Youth Development Through Football
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Re-igniting passion for football in primary schools,
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Promoting sports, organising football competitions for high schools & tertiary institutions,
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Promoting football as a vehicle for social cohesion,
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Sourcing sponsorship to equip youth with proper soccer kits, training & opportunities for placement with soccer academies locally & abroad.
Senior Soccer Legends
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As the SA National Senior Soccer Legends Ambassador Mfeka plays a key role in ensuring that Senior football legends are included in football development initiatives,
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Encourages legends to document their history through arts (books, plays, etc.)
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Arranges for assistance of families of Senior legends in time of need.
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Collaborates with various government departments e.g. Arts, sports & Culture
Skills Development
- Agriculture,
- Painting
- Bricklaying,
- Plastering,
- Plumbing &
- Welding
Why partnerwith us
townships and believe that for sustainable impact it is
important to design parallel programs and interventions
targeting Mothers/Women/Father’s/Father Figures/Guardians
who are raising the youth,
This is an opportunity for our local municipality to celebrate
women of substance in their own backyard and to also showcase
Ethekwini services targeting women raising kids in the absence
of biological fathers,
Because we strive to be the change we want to see in our communities.
Because “No One” should be left behind.