Siyadlala Community Mass Participation Programme

Community Mass Participation delivers sport promotion programmes such as the Golden Games, Indigenous Games and Siyadlala to communities.  

These programmes focus on increasing the number of participants in sport and recreation with the emphasis on the disadvantaged and marginalised groups, including women, children, the youth, the elderly, persons with a disability, and people living in rural areas. 

HIV and Aids awareness is highlighted during the annual Sport Heroes Walk which attracts substantial participants and spectators from various communities by involving sports heroes.  

This sub-programme also manages the transfer of the mass participation conditional grant to the provinces in order to promote mass participation within communities and schools through activities related to legacy, siyadlala and school sport. 

In addition, the sub-programme is responsible for initiating projects (in conjunction with the German technical cooperation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GTZ]) that will sustain the 2010 FIFA World Cup legacy.  

During the 2010-2013 MTEF period attention will be given to the status of recreation in South Africa.

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Basketball National League (BNL)

What is it: A top-end national and professional basketball league where a number of professional teams compete.
Normally takes place in: May-July
Venue: Wembley Indoor Stadium, Johannesburg
Links: http://www.bnlsa.com/
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Andrew Mlangeni Green Jackets Program

What is it: An annual awards program that recognises unsung heroes of sport from the Apartheid era.  

Normally takes place in: October

Venue: Various

Links:

SRSA contact:  Bethuel Maake, e-mail:  bethuel@srsa.gov.za or Tel:  (012) 304-5040

 

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Trailblazer Movement and Youth Camps

What is it: A national event where schools from all over the country participated in a number of sports codes on a provincial basis, to determine the national winners.

Normally takes place in: September

Venue: Nine venues, one in each province

Links:

2016 National Youth Camp Brochure

 2015 Youth Camp

SRSA contact: Nkosana Mehlamakulu

 

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Andrew Mlangeni Golf Development Program

What is it: The Andrew Mlangeni Golf Development Day aims to expose amateur golfers to a professional tournament and to give them the opportunity to play alongside professional golfers. It is organised on an invitational basis only with a field of approximately 50 golfers. The funds generated from this golf development day are channeled into programmes to honour the life of Andrew Mlangeni as a national hero of our people and a true embodiment of the philosophy of life-long participation in sport and recreation.

Normally takes place in: October

Venue: A prominent golf club in Gauteng

Links:

SRSA contact:  Bethuel Maake;  e-mail:  bethuel@srsa.gov.za or Tel:  (012) 3045040

 

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National Recreation Day

What is it: In December 2014, Cabinet declared an Annual National Recreation Day for the first Friday of October each year. In addition to this day, SRSA will campaign for innovative programmes during the monthof October across government, private sector and the general public at large.

Normally takes place in: October

Venue: Countrywide, with the main event held in Pretoria

Links:

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SA National School Sport Championship

What is it: School sport is the flagship programme in the Department with focus being devoted to the school leagues which will culminates in the National School Sport Championships. The South African Schools Sport Championship sees participants from provincial school teams, including participants with disabilities participate in different sporting codes including indigenous games. This initiative has increased opportunities for learners from all schools to participate in an integrated national multicoded sport event.
Normally takes place in: March, July and December
Venue: Various
Links:

• 2016 National Winter School Sport Championship (July, Durban)
• 2016 National Primary Schools Athletics Championship (March)
• 2016 National Secondary Schools Athletics Championship (March)
• New format for National School Sport Championship (early 2016)
• 2015 SA National School Sport Championship page
•  news article
• 2013 National School Sport Championship

SRSA contact: Directorate School Sport