by Thinus Ferreira

SuprSport has produced a TV special, Life Lessons: Father to Son, that will be shown on SuperSport Variety 4 (DStv 209) on Friday 22 April at 18:30 in which three former professional players who now have sons playing in the DStv Diski Challenge talk about the lessons they’re telling their sons.

Life Lessons: Father to Son could be turned into a series but for now is a once-off TV special. 

Life Lessons: Father to Son was filmed in the Kruger National Park with fathers Eugene Zwane,
Fabian McCarthy and Manqoba Ngwenya discussing “the good, the bad and the ugly” of their sport with sons
Samkelo, Aden and Thandolwethu.

“This is about adequately equipping Diski Challenge players with the know-how
of avoiding the trappings that are part and parcel of a professional football
career,” says Collen Dlamini, MultiChoice group executive for corporate affairs, in a statement.

“It is important to shape the next generation of our footballers into
responsible and socially conscious young men because football development is
not only about what goes on in the field of play – off-field development is
equally important.”