The South African gaming landscape has been ushered into a brand new era of innovation with the announcement of a major esports competition called GauFive.
GauFive is an online gaming platform that seeks to create interest among the youth by introducing them to the world of esports. It is a series of events in esports starting with football moving into combat games like Tekken, Fortnite and Street Fighter as well as team games like CS:GO. The inaugural event kicks off with the Gaufive eCup, a FIFA 21 competition which will see some amateurs go head-to-head against professional gamers.
. The tournament will take place from the weekend of 6 February 2021, with the SA grand final taking place on Saturday, 20 February 2021. All entrants need to be able to compete online due to COVID adjusted level 3 lockdown imposed until the 15 February 2021. “Our aim is to create opportunities in diverse sporting codes in our province and begin a journey to open up the digital economy starting with sports to ensure that our youth are at the forefront of the 4IR. We look forward to the opening of the sport into township and rural youth in our province to create new heroes and heroines and hosting the GauFive eCup, as the first event of the series strengthens our position as the home of champions.