{"id":22505,"date":"2026-01-16T12:53:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/caf-president-motsepe-supports-faith-based-organisations-in-morocco\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:33:29","slug":"caf-president-motsepe-supports-faith-based-organisations-in-morocco","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/caf-president-motsepe-supports-faith-based-organisations-in-morocco\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF President Motsepe supports faith- based organisations in Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patrice Motsepe, President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has extended his support to both Christian and Muslim institutions in Morocco through substantial donations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During a visit to the Cathedral St Pierre Catholic Church in Rabat, Motsepe contributed $250 000 via the Motsepe Foundation. The donation is part of the foundation\u2019s ongoing efforts to support faith-based and cultural organisations across Africa, particularly during major football tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Motsepe explained that a similar donation was planned for a Muslim organisation in Rabat. Earlier during the Africa Cup of Nations, he also donated $200 000 to Muslim communities in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon, and in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Beyond supporting religious organisations, Motsepe reaffirmed his foundation\u2019s commitment to developing grassroots football, pledging continued funding for Pan-African school football programmes aimed at nurturing young talent across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22506,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-22505","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"President of the CAF has extended his support to both Christian and Muslim institutions","published_date":"2026-01-16 14:31:02","news_description":"President of the CAF has extended his support to both Christian and Muslim institutions","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25783,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22505\/revisions\/25783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=22505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}