State fumes as Sascoc steals its ball
A little-known company is muscling in on the 2022 Commonwealth Games legacy project – and the sports department is spitting mad.
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Mbalula wants Olympics 2024 in SA
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says South Africa is ready to host the Olympic Games and should make a bid in 2014.
Sascoc files defamation case against sports journalist
Sports columnist Graeme Joffe is facing legal action from Sascoc for defamation after a series of pieces he wrote lashing out at the organisation.
#Thatawkwardmoment when Sascoc’s president admits to lying
It was an awkward few seconds in Parliament when the Sascoc president implied that politicians lie and that he understands sometimes one has to lie.
Paralympians enjoy equal share of bonuses
Sascoc says paralympic athletes will earn the same bonuses their able-bodied counterparts received on their triumphant return from the London Games.
Aim high, fall far: Is SA trying to break its athletes?
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".
Sascoc boss puts everything on the line for Olympics
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.
Sam peddles medal hopes
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.
State blasts Sascoc over imported Olympic kits
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 in dog box over SA’s Olympics team kit
Sascoc has been criticised because the South African Olympic and Paralympic Games teams’ kit has not produced by a local manufacturer.
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Put grants tender on ice
The South African Social Security Agency risks not fulfilling its mandate by getting caught up in the messy business that it is "tenders".
Zuma’s lawyer and the mega tender
President Jacob Zuma’s lawyer Michael Hulley has played various roles in the drawn-out awarding of a disputed multi-billion rand contract.
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Team SA scores Proctor & Gamble partnership
Sascoc president Gideon Sam is due to announce a partnership with Proctor & Gamble, following his call for financial support for SA’s Olympic team.
‘Name your price’ bribe offer for R7-billion tender
"Open chequebook" bribe claim hits controversial tender award, as Norman Arendse reveals social grants scandal implicating sports boss Gideon Sam.
Sascoc maps out anti-corruption plans
Sascoc plans to hold sports federations more accountable — specifically those of soccer, cricket and rugby — in a clampdown on corruption in sport.
No Olympic bid for 2020, but maybe 2024, says SA
South Africa has put an end to rumours by saying it will not reconsider a bid for the 2020 Olympics, but will lobby for the 2024 Games instead.
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SA to bid for Commonwealth Games
South Africa will bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games and also look to stage the 2017 World Games, Sascoc has announced.
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SA revs its Olympic bid engines
The president of SA’s Olympic committee says the International Olympic Committee session in Durban in July is a chance for the nation to shine.
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Ins and outs of running SA sport
Gideon Sam, new president of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee, speaks about his appointment and challenges ahead.