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Netball South Africa is the main governing body for netball in South Africa.It is affiliated to World Netball and Africa Netball.It is responsible for organising and administering the South Africa national netball team, the South Africa men's national netball team, the Diamond Challenge and the Telkom Netball League, as well as numerous other leagues and competitions for junior and youth teams.
The history of South Africa's netball involvement mirrors that of other sports played in the country like the rugby union. [14] South Africa was involved with the international netball community early in the sport's history, taking part in the 1960 meeting of Commonwealth countries in Sri Lanka to standardise the rules for the game. [5]
Since 2011, when they made their debut in the second tournament, South Africa has competed at every Fast5 Netball World Series. South Africa’s best performance in the series was in 2022, when they gained a silver medal after losing to Australia in the final. Their best previous performance was a third place finish in 2012. [57] [58] [59]
In 2021, Netball South Africa held the first International Male Netball Tournament, a tri-nations tournament, which featured Uganda, and Kenya. South Africa won the tournament. [1] In 2023, they won the inaugural Men's African Netball Championship. [2] They defeated Zimbabwe 45-40 in the final to lift their maiden continental title. [3]
The 2025 Vitality Netball Nations Cup is an international netball series hosted and organised by England Netball. It will feature England, South Africa, Malawi and Uganda in a series, played in February 2025. The series will be played over two successive weekends.
The Premier Netball League [1] is the top level netball league featuring teams from South Africa.It was formed in 2014 and is organised by Netball South Africa.Between 2014 and 2018, due to sponsorship and naming rights arrangements, the league was known as the Brutal Fruit Netball Cup.
South Africa's netball team needed the backing given to the Springboks at the World Cup, says caps record-holder Bongi Msomi. South African netballers lacked backing to match Rugby World Cup glory ...
This league is organised by Netball South Africa and features district, provincial and national sections. [27] [28] Gauteng. In 2022, UJ Netball were runners up at the Gauteng Province Netball Championships. [28] In 2023 they won the Gauteng Netball Super League using their reserve team as the senior team was playing in Varsity Netball. They ...