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The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Sportkonfederasie en Olimpiese Komitee) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and National Paralympic Committee (NPC) for South Africa, and the responsible body for South Africa at the Commonwealth Games. [2]
Chess South Africa is affiliated to the World Chess Federation (FIDE), [2] and to the African Chess Confederation (ACC). Chess South Africa administers the official national chess rating [3] system based on the elo rating system and grants national titles to players that distinguish their ability. CHESS SA is affiliated with SASCOC, and ...
The South African Shooters Union (SASU) was established in the 1990s as a result of the need for only one representative federation governing each sporting activity in South Africa as required by government's policy. The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), the world governing body for shooting sports subsequently suggested a name ...
The organisation reports to the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC). In 2011, SASCOC sacked the head of Athletics South Africa, Leonard Chuene, for financial mismanagement, misappropriation of funds, tax evasion, and conducting a sex verification tests on Caster Semenya without her consent.
Squash South Africa is recognised as the South African national governing body of the sport of squash by SASCOC. [1] ... Contact Wikipedia; Code of Conduct;
Fencing initially started growing as a sport in South Africa in 1898, when a club known as "De Vnje Wapenbroeders", was founded in Pretoria. Boer prisoners on St Helena started a fencing association called De Wapenbroeders, on 21 August 1901 headed by an erstwhile tutor of the pre-war Pretoria outfit, H. A. de Haas [3]
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee was created in 1991, and South Africa returned to the Games at the 1992 Summer Olympics (and the 1992 Summer Paralympics). South Africa also participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 1960, and since 1994.
Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) is also an affiliate of the International eSports Federation, Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames, and the International Wargames Federation. Due to its membership of such international bodies, the MSSA is the sole authority for the games that it caters for in terms of the Sport and Recreation Act, number 110 ...