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The Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) oversees the development and management of sport and recreation in South Africa. The SRSA’s strategic goals are to: • increase citizens’ access to sport and recreation activities • oversee the transformation of the sport and recreation sector • ensure that more athletes achieve international success • develop enabling mechanisms to support sport and recreation • ensure that sport and recreation are used as tools to support social cohesion and nation-building. At the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014, South African athletes managed to claim a total of 40 medals across all sporting codes, 13 of those were gold, 10 silver and 17 bronze, placing the country seventh on the medal table. This was an improvement on the country’s 2010 performance in Delhi, where athletes claimed 33 medals. The track and field athletes finished with nine medals, three of which were gold. Khotso Mokoena took gold in the men’s triple jump with a distance of 17.2m; Cornel Fred- ericks shone in the 400m hurdles, winning gold with a time of 48.50; and Fanie van der Merwe clocked 11.65 in a first place finish in the men’s 100m T37 final.

Role players Sport and Recreation South Africa SRSA is the national department responsible for sport in the country. Aligned with its vision of an active and winning nation, its primary focuses are on providing opportunities for all South Africans to participate in sport; managing the regulatory framework; and providing funding for different codes of sport.

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) Sascoc is the national coordinating macro-body for the promotion and development of high-performance sport in South Africa, including team presentation, and must consult with relevant sports bodies in this regard. It represents Team South Africa for all multicoded sport participating in inter- national games, such as the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Commonwealth Games and All-Africa Games.

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