PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION FOR THE MINISTER
QUESTION 618 FOR WRITTEN REPLY IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCTION
1. The above-mentioned question appears on the Internal Question Paper
of the National Assembly.
2. A draft reply to the question is included in pocket 2 for the
consideration of the Executive Authority (EA).
RECOMMENDATION
3. It is recommended that the EA approves the reply, should he concur
with its content.
MS S. KHAN
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
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MR M.E. MOEMI
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
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QUESTION 618 FOR WRITTEN REPLY IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
MR G. OOSTHUIZEN
DEPUTY MINISTER OF SPORT AND RECREATION
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DECISION
Reply approved/amended.
MINISTER F.A. MBALULA
MINISTER OF SPORT AND RECREATION
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QUESTION 618 FOR WRITTEN REPLY IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
MR M W RABOTAPI (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER OF SPORT AND RECREATION:
Whether Athletics South Africa has a high performance program in place to
support elite athletes in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio?
REPLY:
MINISTER F.A. MBALULA
MINISTER OF SPORT AND RECREATION
No, Athletics South Africa does not have a high performance program in
place to support elite athletes in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics
in Rio de Janeiro.
Currently Athletics South Africa does not have a strategic plan for the
duration of the term of office of the current President of the federation.
However, ASA athletes do qualify for SASCOCâs Operation Excellence
Programme (OPEX), being a high performance support ptogramme for athletes
in the top rankings in the world. They need to meet the identified criteria
as outlined to all the National Federations. In the cycle post the L2012
Games (Oct 2012 â March 2013), there were 6 athletes supported based on
their meeting criteria for OPEX (Anaso Jobodwana, Khotso Mokoena, Caster
Semenya, Sunette Viljoen, Lehann Fourie and Willem Coertzen). Each National
Federation is expected to have a high performance programme as they deliver
teams to sports specific events such as Junior/Youth World Championships,
U/23 OR U/21 World Championships, Senior World Championships and World
Cups. SASCOC does not support all high performance / elite level athletes
therefore it is critical for the federation to have such a plan which is a
progression from development.
Benefits from the programme are :
a). Living expenses b). Medical aid
c). Transport for training sessions d). Access to training
facilities
e). International camps and competitions f). Local camps and
competitions
g). Coaching Fees h). Scientific and medical support
services
i). Technological services j). Sport specific Equipment
MINISTER F.A. MBALULA
MINISTER OF SPORT AND RECREATION