The 2011 South African Sports Awards, due to be held on 21 August this year, was launched by Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikille Mbalula recently, and he dedicated the glittering event to newly crowned world female welterweight champion, Noni Tene.
The event was held at SABC's Radio Park in Johannesburg.
The theme for this year’s awards is “Today’s Leaders, Tomorrow’s Legends” which will be held in Sun City, North West, and is a program of Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) done in partnership with the South African Broadcasting Corporation ( SABC), South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), and the North West Department of Sport, Arts and Culture.
In what promises to be a world-class event following the temporary absence in the past two years, the Minister, Fikile Mbalula said, “the Sports Awards are imperative as they are not only a platform for incentive and jollity for sport excellence, but a celebration of human triumph.”
The award categories are:
- Administrator of the Year
- Sportsman of the Year
- Sportsman of the Year with a Disability
- Sportswoman of the Year
- Sportswoman of the Year with a Disability
- Team of the Year
- Newcomer of the Year
- Coach of the Year
- Steve Tshwete Lifetime Achievement Award
- Volunteer of the Year
- Minister’sAwardl. Indigenous Games Star of the Year
- Federation of the Year
- Photographer of the Year
- Journalist of the Year
- Sports Star of the Year
Judging will be done by a panel of experts that will include knowledgeable sports experts including Doctor Khumalo, Kass Naidoo, Gary Lemke, and Cynthia Tshaka.
To ensure that the awards are fairly done an auditing company will be appointed to oversee the process.
For information contact:
Bofhelo Ndaba
Tel: 012 304 5000
E-mail: bofhelo@srsa.gov.za
