One worry less for champion Tete
Zolani Tete’s preparations for the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) semifinal clash received a major boost after his mother was given a wheelchair.
Nomonde Tete, who is a diabetic, was presented with a wheelchair by Right Play Health Services (RPHS) this week to help her move around her NU12 Mdantsane house more freely.
Nomonde, who was donated a prosthetic leg by billionaire mining magnate Patrice Motsepe, has been struggling to move after she broke her other leg.
The good gesture comes while her son Zolani is busy training for his WBSS bantamweight semifinal clash against Filipino veteran Nonito Donaire on a date yet to be confirmed. The fight is pencilled in for the end of April at a venue still to be decided.
Reacting to the donation, Zolani said he would now focus on his training camp without being worried about his adoring mother.
“My mother likes to move freely around the house but the wheelchair she was using was old,” he said.
RPHS boss Dr John Matlatsi Marite said the donation was motivated by the need to intensify the company’s community upliftment drive.
“We promote a healthy living lifestyle as well community services so we responded when we were told about Mrs Tete’s struggle,” he said.
Nomonde said she would now be able to welcome her son when he returns from his fights abroad.
Tete’s WBSS clash against Donaire will also be a unification bout involving his WBO crown as well as the Filipino’s WBA title in a first for a boxer from East London area.
We promote a healthy living lifestyle … so we responded when we were told about Mrs Tete’s struggle Dr John Matlasti Marite