Another international award for Natalie
Wednesday March 10, 2010SASCOC president Gideon Sam heartily congratulated South African sports phenomenon Natalie Du Toit on winning the Laureus Disablity award on Wednesday.
Second place for Schabort
Friday March 5, 2010Paralympian Krige Schabort has placed second in a 15-kilometre wheelchair event in the United States.
Laureus for Natalie?
Monday February 15, 2010Our Natalie du Toit is one of six nominees for the 2010 Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability category.
Fanie’s world record
Monday February 15, 2010South Africa has a new world record holder after top disabled athlete Fanie van der Merwe won the 200 metres in the T37 class at the second Fazza International Athletics Competition currently underway in Dubai.
Parkin honoured again
Monday December 14, 2009Our Deaflympics star Terence Parkin has been named 2009 Widex Sportsman of the year by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf Selections Commission.
Bronze for Slattery
Thursday December 3, 2009Five-time Paralympian Tadhg Slattery has netted South Africa’s third medal of the International Paralympic Committee’s World Swimming Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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‘Oscar has advantage’
Thursday November 19, 2009The latest study on the prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius shows that the South African’s artificial limbs give him a 10 second advantage over a 400m race.
Cardiff base for 2012
Friday October 23, 2009The South African team for the 2012 Paralympic Games in London will be based in Cardiff, Wales for pre-Games training.
Wheelchair aces lose
Monday October 12, 2009The Sasol South Africa wheelchair basketball team suffered an agonising 77-72 defeat at the hands of Algeria in the Africa Qualifiers Final at the Mandeville Indoor Stadium on Saturday.
Setback for basketballers
Friday October 9, 2009The Sasol South Africa squad’s bid for the 2010 World Cup suffered a blow after a 66-62 defeat at the hands of Morocco in their final round robin game in the IWBF World Cup Africa Qualifiers at Mandeville Indoor Stadium Thursday.






