SABC1 will air a four-part documentary on women in sport to celebrate women’s month in August. Sheroes will look at South African sports through the lives of four celebrated women, and will start airing on Tuesday 9 August at 9pm with repeats on Sundays at 1pm.
According to a press statement Sheroes paints a portrait of South African society as seen through the lens of netball stalwart Hazel Gumede, football administrator Natasha Tshiclas, professional sprinter Geraldine Pillay and former women Springbok captain Nomsebenzi Tsotsobe.
The series is about the drama of winning and losing, intense rivalries, big money, gender politics, the history of exclusion and sporting codes that are battling to emerge from the shadows of their internationally recognized counterparts.
Each episode presents each of these women as highly complex characters, as single-minded individuals who refuse to be left on the sidelines. Although the four stories are told differently from each other, they were crafted in a way that allows them to interlink. Essentially they are chapters of one story. Sheroes is about sporting giants passing on the baton to the younger generation through inspiration.
Episodes:
Hazel Gumede (9 Aug 2011 @ 21:00)
Geraldine Pillay (16 Aug 2011 @ 21:00)
Nomsebenzi Tsotsebe (23 Aug 2011 @ 21:00)
Natasha Tshiclas (30 Aug 2011 @ 21:00)
