On 30 July, MOT SA held its 12th Annual General Meeting and 2nd Virtual Meeting to 65 participants, both locally and internationally. The AGM was attended by MOT Coaches, MOT Youth, Board Members Partners, Funders and Potential Funders and Partners. The theme for our 12th AGM was #Courage2Rise, which means to rise above one’s circumstances, […]
In the spirit of honouring those who show courage in their daily lives and Youth Month, MOT honoured a young man who they deemed worthy of a special award. During MOT SA’s 12th AGM, the organisation honoured Darren Maybe, a Young MOTivator (MOT Youth Leader) who is the current vice-chairperson of the SRC at False […]
Have you nominated someone for The Are Hovstad Award yet? The Are Hovstad Award was initiated in 2018 to pay tribute to Are Hovstad for the establishment of MOT in South Africa, his contribution and support of MOT, and his love for the betterment of the youth in South Africa! Are was a founding member […]
We are excited to share that in April, we have empowered over 50 Youth with Courage through our partnership with JP21 Foundation – founder being our MOT Brand Ambassador and Former Professional Cricket Player, JP Duminy through their Cricket Skills Holiday Programme. The purpose of the holiday programme is to empower our future cricket stars […]
During the early hours of yesterday morning – 18 April, a vegetation fire broke out in Cape Town, traveling towards the University of Cape Town, causing damage to the UCT library, residences, and the upper campus. This resulted in the evacuation of all students. Rhodes Memorial has been affected as well. We have prepared a […]
In March, MOT SA hosted its first MOT Coaches’ Basic Education for the year at Fairmount Second School in Grassy Park. A total of 26 participants: principals, educators, social workers, and community volunteers have been trained as MOT Coaches from Fairmount, Zeekoevlei and Lotus High Schools, and in addition three community organizations: JP21 Foundation, Amy […]
My name is Aydon Zinzan Jantjies and I am a confident fun-loving young adult that loves all things positive. In the year 2018, I had the opportunity to attend the Young MOTivators Education. I was amongst 10 of my classmates that were youth leaders in my class. At the camp, our walls were broken down. […]
Please read the letter written by Atle here We’d like to bid farewell to our MOT Father and the founder of MOT, Atle Vårvik, who has officially retired. Atle was the idea man behind MOT and along with 3 other Norwegian top sportsmen founded MOT in 1997 and now MOT is in 5 Countries: Norway, […]
Check out his video below as he leaves us with an encouraging message for the year to learn from our mistakes and focus on how you can improve on them instead of focusing on the negatives. This also aligns with our MOT Tool – the Flashlights which means to shine the torch on the positives […]
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