With less than a month to go to the Vitality Netball World Cup (VNWC2023) in Cape Town, the official Trophy Tour reached a particularly significant point on Monday. Having travelled across the country over the last month, the famed trophy crossed from the Eastern to Western Cape provinces of South Africa – the Western Cape being its final destination before being handed to the VNWC2023 champions when they are crowned on 6 August. Even more significant was that the handover took place at the Tsitsikamma Khoisan Village – so honouring the indigenous inhabitants of South Africa. The...

The Trophy Tour kicks off this Thursday in Johannesburg, Soweto, and Pretoria, before moving to Cape Town on Friday, Durban on Saturday, and wraps up in East London on Sunday. Times and routes of the parade 2nd November - Pretoria - 08:30-11:15 - 14km 07h15 Transfer to the closed bus to Southern Sun Pretoria to transfer the team into the open-air bus • 09h30 Parade starts in an easterly direction down Stanza Bopape Street• Right into End Street• Right into Pretorius Street in a westerly direction• Left into Gordon Street (which becomes Jan Shoba Street)• Right into Burnett Street• Left into...