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SA: Girl invents game for World Cup

Posted on Saturday 18 October 2008 - 10:10
Sam Banda Junior
Sam Banda Junior, AfricaNews reporter in Blantyre, Malawi
A 12 year-old school girl in South Africa is said to have invented a 2010 soccer mania board game which has already caught the interest of Supersport. The girl Fatima Docrat, a grade six pupil at Rustenburg Girls Junior, has already received interest from Supersport who wants to patent the game she designed.
The girl has designed a slick-looking board game, using Microsoft Word adding that she spent three months working on the rules and technique of the game, according to a local newspaper Saturday Star.

“I wanted to make something that adults and kids would enjoy. We often play board games as a family and it is lots of fun. I also wanted to find a way, with the game to make people learn more about soccer,” said Fatima.

The game features all the main countries set to take part in the 2010 World Cup and has pick-up cards with information about soccer or the participating countries. The girl is also said to have scooped regional prizes three times.

South Africa is the first country in the African continent to host the World Cup.

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