Akhona is a South African female international football referee who is popularly known for officiating for FIFA, the South African Football Association (SAFA), the SAFA Women's League, and the Premier Soccer League. She is also known to have being a FIFA official since 2014.
But what more is there to know about her?
In this article, we'll tell you 10 things you need to know about Akhona.
10 Things To Know About Akhona
Here are 10 things you need to know about Akhona, the South African female international football referee:
- Her full name is Akhona Zennith Makalima
- She was born on March 27, 1988, in Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Although not much is known about her early life, it is at least known that she was very popular in her village at a tender age as as a result of her speed
- She attended King Hintsa FET College where she acquired a National Diploma in Human Resource
- As a result of lack of leagues and sports programs in general, she decided to pursue refereeing as a career
- At the age of 23, she was already travelling around South Africa to officiate football matches
- She was accredited by FIFA and listed as an international referee in 2014, becoming the first female to pass the association's fitness test for referees
- She is also the first female referee to officiate a football game in South Africa’s top professional soccer league
- In 2016, she launched Inter-Refs, a program that teaches girls from age 7 and above about the laws of football. The program is also aimed at creating a generation of women that would follow the footsteps of these girls
- Other than being a football referee, Akhona works as a radio host on Keith Ngesi Radio where she hosts the program “Women's Sports Buffet.”
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