{"id":49515,"date":"2022-05-19T12:34:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T10:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/coach-returns-from-coaching-clinic-in-us-20220517\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T20:25:15","slug":"coach-returns-from-coaching-clinic-in-us-20220517","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/coach-returns-from-coaching-clinic-in-us-20220517\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach returns from coaching clinic in US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There were high expectations as soccer coach, Mawande Mditshwa, who was representing the Eastern Cape in the United States of America for a coaching clinic, returned home on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mditshwa spent 14 days in the USA, visiting areas like Chicago, Detroit and Seattle, doing development coaching and instructing, and attending the coaching clinic, aimed at developing coaches from various countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mditshwa returned home with two coaching qualification certificates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, he was welcomed by his St John\u2019s College U\/17 soccer players, Sibango Taxi Rank Legends FC, family members, students and other stakeholders, like SADTU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_05343430\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Coach\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/3372\/45b1fe95ddc2415786b18a61b7b217b6.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/49920652b8eb453b9876ca430e459b60.jpg\" title=\"Mawande Mditshwa greeting his students as he arrived at St John\u2019s College. \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Mawande Mditshwa greeting his students as he arrived at St John\u2019s College. <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>St John\u2019s College deputy principal, Khombisile Kolisa, thanked everyone who made sure that Sunday\u2019s welcoming ceremony was a success. 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