With Caster Semenya out of the running, can other leading athletes deliver on the nation’s high expectations?
President James Evans was ousted and a seven-member interim board appointed to run Athletics SA at an annual general meeting on Saturday.
A recent protest reflected the frustrations of athletes about how the sport is being managed.
For South African women to reach their full potential, athletics must be actively promoted at school and supported after that.
An application by suspended Athletics SA president Leonard Chuene for interim relief of his suspension was dismissed in court on Monday.
Former Athletics SA boss Leonard Chuene bought a car — an E Class Mercedes-Benz — from the embattled organisation for just R1 in 2004.
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/ 16 November 2009
Athletics SA (ASA) would not accept a takeover by South Africa’s Olympic body Sascoc, said Simon Dlamini, chairperson of ASA’s finance committee.
Athletics South Africa responded on Tuesday to an article that appeared in Rapport newspaper on September 30 regarding the non-ratification of Karen Mey’s recent long-jump South African record of 6,93m, achieved on July 7 in Bad Langensaiza, Germany.