Sanele Mthiyane, President of Basketball South Africa was elected as a new SASCOC Board Member.
SASCOC hosts successful AGM, elects new board member
These special elections follow the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Alan Fritz who was part of the Board of SASCOC.
The other candidates for the Board Member vacancy were Marthinus JH Bosse from SA Wrestling Federation, Cecilia Molokwane – Netball South Africa and Winston Abraham Meyer from Lifesaving South Africa.
The President of SASCOC, Barry Hendricks congratulated the new Board Member on his new appointment and wished him well.
Speaking at the hybrid Annual General Meeting, which was attended by 70 National Federations and Provincial Sports Confederations and the Minister of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), Mr Nathi Mthethwa together with other department officials, Mr. Hendricks informed the meeting that the organisation was growing, and its financial status had greatly improved. He thanked the team for achieving an unqualified audit on time.
“Thank you to our sponsors and partners who continue to help us push our mission forward through their funding.”
Hendricks also extended his appreciation to the Membership for their inspirations and passion that help SASCOC to push the agenda.
The SASCOC CEO, Ms. Nozipho Jafta shared the same sentiments, “I am very pleased to report that there is an upturn in our finances. I can safely say that we are succeeding in rebuilding our stakeholder confidence and the SASCOC Brand. More corporates are showing interest in partnering and supporting Team SA. Good Corporate Governance and compliance is at the centre of these negotiations. It is undeniable that we are emerging after some extremely tough times as an organisation. There is an unwavering commitment to invest in our athletes, their well-being and performance as we build towards Paris 2024 and LA 2028 Olympics.”
“We are excited that we are reviving the Operation Excellence programme. With OPEX back on track, the real winners will be our athletes and coaches. We would like to thank the National Lotteries Commission, DSAC and our new sponsor, to be revealed soon, for journeying with us in placing our athletes at the centre of everything we do.”
“We remain committed to achieving our goal of delivering a high performing, transformed Team SA. These are exciting, inspiring times and there is so much to look forward to,” Jafta concluded.
In his keynote address, the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Honourable Nathi Mthethwa thanked the delegates for demonstrating sport’s role in both nation-building and social cohesion.
“Judging by the packed calendar of events we enjoyed during the year, we can only applaud the huge bounce-back experienced by sport, in the direction of full normality, following the devastating pandemic of the past few years, said Mr. Mthethwa.
“Together with SASCOC, we have made it our priority to remove all controversies around issues like the payment of incentives to our medallists. We will also continue to call upon the sports bodies to nominate candidates for the various sports awards, on offer.”
“We have also noted and will attend to the complaints about delays experienced by National Federations, in the release of their funding allocations, Mr. Mthethwa added.
We wish Team South Africa well at the upcoming AUSC Region V Games in Malawi that will be held from 2 -11 December 2022.