Bankruptcy? Quarantine centres? SA’s sporting bodies are facing their greatest-ever challenge
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane found that Fikile Mbalula lied when he said he entered into a loan agreement with sporting goods company
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says South Africa is ready to host the Olympic Games and should make a bid in 2014.
The country’s elite athletes will be affected most, says ASA president James Evans after the federation was suspended from the Olympic movement.
South Africa’s elite swimmers will participate in the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona in July.
Sascoc says paralympic athletes will earn the same bonuses their able-bodied counterparts received on their triumphant return from the London Games.
Compared to the funding countries such as Britain received, South Africa’s spending was hardly impressive, The Saturday Star has reported.
They’ve been told to bring home 12 Olympic medals, but experts and athletes say the intense pressure heaped upon Team SA is unfair, "almost suicidal".
SA’s Olympic team have been set a target of 12 medals at the London Games, but their performance should be deemed a success if they return with two.
Sascoc president Gideon Sam has promised to fall on his sword if Team South Africa performs poorly at this year’s Olympic Games in London.
Twelve medals for the South African Olympic team has been a best-case scenario at the London Summer Games but six is a more realistic target.
The trade and industry department has criticised Sascoc’s use of foreign suppliers to make the kit for the SA Olympic and Paralympic Games teams.
Sascoc has been criticised because the South African Olympic and Paralympic Games teams’ kit has not produced by a local manufacturer.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says money does not define success at the Olympic Games, but rather a spirit of determination and drive.
Sascoc CEO Tubby Reddy says he expects South Africa’s Olympic team to bring home medals in five sporting events at the London Games in July.
Sascoc president Gideon Sam says SA’s poor 2008 Beijing Olympic performance is to blame for the a lack of sponsorships ahead of the London Games.
South Africa’s Olympic boss has lauded double amputee Oscar Pistorius after the Blade Runner scooped an accolade at the Laureus World Sports Awards.
Fikile Mbalula says government will implement measures that will ensure the development of school sports while quotas will remain in sport for now.
Cricket South Africa will seek legal advice on a breach of company policy allegedly by its chief executive officer Gerald Majola.
James Evans was elected as the new president of Athletics South Africa on Saturday, replacing suspended head Leonard Chuene.
