INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT FOR MULTICHOICE SOUTH AFRICA HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD AND PHUTHUMA NATHI INVESTMENTS (RF) LTD

wheelchairs can still play sport – empowering persons with disabilities and educating the public. As the series tagline states: “It’s not just a game, it’s a way of life!” OUR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS continued MultiChoice Diski Challenge The MultiChoice Diski Challenge (MDC) is a football development programme that creates opportunities for young, aspiring footballers to become professionals and to enhance their life skills. The initiative also creates platforms for the development of interns interested in a career in broadcasting. Currently in its fifth season, 572 football matches have been played. Over 150 players participating in the league have represented national teams at various age groups. More than 170 broadcast trainees worked on screening 140 of the matches live on SuperSport and community TV stations. In addition, we partnered with six community channels to provide live content rights free of charge. Since inception, the MDC has reached more than 500 young footballers per season, with more than 120 being promoted to the Premier Soccer League (PSL) since 2014, including stars such as Percy Tau, Lyle Foster, Sphesihle Ndlovu and Teboho Mokoena. SuperSport Wheelchair Basketball South Africa series Our commitment to making a difference to local sport goes beyond supporting mainstream sport such as rugby, cricket and football. For more than two decades, SuperSport has sponsored the wheelchair basketball series, the world’s only televised domestic wheelchair basketball series. Through television coverage and cash investment, the sport has attracted additional funding and secured a sustainable future for players, coaches, referees and administrators. Not only does this series provide an opportunity to participate in a sport for someone in a wheelchair, but this coverage also shows the viewing public that people in “After South Africa’s success at the 1996 Paralympics, I got chatting to SuperSport and threw down the gauntlet in terms of exposure for sport for people with disabilities. I was invited to submit a proposal and chose wheelchair basketball. I love team sport, and this is so fiercely competitive that I knew it would be TV-friendly. That was 21 years ago; the rest is wonderful history. Players have become household names and role models in their communities. The standard of the game has improved dramatically – there are opportunities to play for the country and travel to world competitions. It has made a huge difference.” – Andy Scott , paraplegic, Paralympian, sports administrator and commentator CASE STUDY 53 MultiChoice South Africa Holdings Proprietary Limited integrated annual report 2019 OUR PERFORMANCE