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/ 21 November 2008
Not so long ago Athletics South Africa president Leonard Chuene was demanding a public apology from Moss Mashishi, the president Sascoc.
Rugby’s corporate sponsors and its hallowed symbol the Springbok have come under fire from delegates at the National Sports Indaba in Durban.
Funding and selection models for Olympic sporting codes are set to change in preparation for London 2012, the Mail & Guardian has been told.
The two-week public spat between Butana Komphela and Moss Mashishi was settled on Thursday.
SA’s leading sport entities resolved a spat over racism on Thursday. ”It’s important to put this cloud behind us,” said Sascoc chief Moss Mashishi.
National Assembly sport committee chairperson Butana Komphela and Sascoc chief Moss Mashishi appear to be trying to iron out their differences.
Sparks are expected when sport portfolio committee chairperson Butana Komphela and Sascoc chief Moss Mashishi meet on Tuesday.
A showdown seems to be looming between Parliament’s sport and recreation committee and the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee.
The ANC parliamentary caucus has bitten back at Sascoc for its remarks about Butana Komphela, the chair of the sports portfolio committee.
SA’s Olympics governing body is full of whites and Indians who don’t understand transformation and who lack vision, says Butana Komphela.
Swimmer Natalie du Toit will compete in the Olympics and the Paralympics at the Beijing Games after she was named in South Africa’s team on Thursday.
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) has dissolved the executive committee of Basketball South Africa (BSA) and appointed an interim committee. This follows allegations that Vusi Mgobhozi and Eric Nkosi — who were respectively president and treasurer of BSA until Sascoc’s move — are guilty of financial mismanagement.
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee will this weekend probe allegations of financial mismanagement at Basketball South Africa (BSA). The probe follows complaints by Gauteng basketball officials, who have accused the national federation’s president, Vusi Mgobhozi, and treasurer Eric Nkosi of turning BSA into their personal bank account.
South African athletes will not be given specific targets for Beijing, but will aim to better previous records and enjoy the challenging experience of the Olympic Games. The first batch of names of athletes and officials who will form part of Team SA were announced at Olympic House in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
Leonard Chuene will have the last laugh on Sunday over his number-one enemy, the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc), when he is re-elected as president of Athletics South Africa. No one is standing against him. In the run-up to the elections, Chuene has been under pressure to resign.