The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) in its response indicated the following;
1)(a)(i). Each Athlete received a flat allowance of 400USD for their attendance at both the Olympics and Paralympics Games.
(a)(ii).The SASCOC President received a daily allowance of 350USD for each of the games. SASCOC policy provides that the President is to receive a daily allowance of 500USD. However, the Finance Committee has requested that the entire policy be reviewed and in the interim, subject to this review, the Presidents allowance be reduced to the second tier level as per the policy.
The SASCOC Policy Development Commission is currently undertaking a rewrite of all policies and the SASCOC Remunerations Committee will be attending to the review of all policies related to board and staff allowances and remuneration.
(b)(i). The total allowances paid are as follows:-
Athletes at Olympics Games: 72 000usd (180 x 400)
Athletes at Paralympics Games: 14 400usd (36 x 400)
(b)(ii). The total allowances paid to the Board President is as follows:-
Olympics: 5 512.50USD
Paralympics: 4 462.50USD
(2) No other SASCOC elected and/or appointed Board member attended the Tokyo Games