South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC)

Country	South Africa
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Code	RSA
Created	1991
Recognized	1991
Continental Association	ANOCA
Headquarters	Johannesburg,South Africa
President	Barry Hendricks[1]
Website	teamsa.co.za

TheSouth African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) (Afrikaans:Suid-Afrikaanse Sportkonfederasie en Olimpiese Komitee) is theNational Olympic Committee (NOC) andNational Paralympic Committee (NPC) forSouth Africa, and the responsible body forSouth Africa at the Commonwealth Games.^[2] It is also responsible forhigh-performance sport in the country and coordinates the relationship with variousinternational sports federations.^[3]

TheSouth African Olympic and Empire Games Association (SAOEGA) was the first South African NOC affiliated to theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC). The word "Empire" was changed to "Commonwealth" (SAOCGA) when the "British Empire Games" became the "Commonwealth Games", and "Republic" (SAORGA) whenSouth Africa became a republic. Inapartheid South Africa mixed-race competitions were banned and SOARGA's member bodies only governed white sports. In 1966 the anti-apartheidSouth African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SANROC; the O later standing for "Open") replaced the SAORGA in theAssociation of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA). However, the SAORGA (though not invited to the 1964 or 1968 games) remained affiliated to the IOC until 1970 and SANROC was not invited to replace it. As part of thenegotiated ending of apartheid, theInterim National Olympic Committee of South Africa (INOCSA) was formed by SAORGA and SANROC in 1991 as their respective member bodies merged into single multiracial governing organisations. INOCSA joined the IOC as theNational Olympic Committee of South Africa (NOCSA) in time for the1992 Summer Olympics.^[4][5]

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SASCOC was formed following a process beginning with atask force established byMinister of Sport,Ncgonde Balfour, and chaired by the CEO of the South African Sports Commission, Joe Phaahla. Its recommendations were given to asteering committee led by Willie Basson and with representation from all the macro sporting bodies in South Africa. The process culminated at the NOCSAannual general meeting on 27 November 2004, when NOCSA member bodies formed SASCOC, initially as a Section 21non-profit company. The various predecessor bodies of SASCOC were dissolved during the course of 2005 and their functions, insofar as they relate to high performance sport, were taken over by SASCOC. All other functions which relate to mass participation in sport became the responsibility ofSport and Recreation South Africa.

SASCOC'smemorandum of association states that its main object is to promote and develop high performance sport in the Republic of South Africa as well as and to act as the controlling body for the preparation and delivery of Team South Africa at allmulti-sport international games including but not limited to the Olympics, Paralympics, Commonwealth Games,World Games andAll Africa Games.

1. to assume those functions relating to high performance sport which were carried out by the following controlling bodies in the Republic ofSouth Africa:
   • Disability Sport South Africa (DISSA; an association incorporated under Section 21)
   • National Olympic Committee of South Africa
   • South African Commonwealth Games Association (an association incorporated under Section 21)
   • South African Sports Commission
   • South African Student Sports Union (SASSU)
   • Sport and Recreation South Africa
   • United School Sports Association of South Africa (USSASA)
2. to affiliate to and/or be recognized by the appropriate international, continental and regional sport organisations for high performance sport and for that purpose act as the recognized national entity for the Republic of South Africa;
3. to initiate, negotiate, arrange, finance and control where necessary, multi-sport tours to and from the Republic of South Africa inclusive of events between teams and/or individuals;
4. to ensure, and if necessary approve, that the bidding process relating to the hosting of international sporting events in the Republic of South Africa or any other events are in compliance with the necessary rules and regulations relating to same;
5. to facilitate the acquisition and development of playing facilities including the construction of stadia and other sports facilities;
6. to ensure close co-operation with both the government and private sector, relating to all aspects of Team South Africa;
7. to ensure the overall protection of symbols, trademarks, emblems or insignia of the bodies referred to in 1 within the Association's jurisdiction.

The Executive of SASCOC comprises a President, a 1st and a 2nd Vice President, five elected members, anyIOC member resident in South Africa, one member appointed by each of DISSA, SASSU and USSASA and one member representing the Athletes Commission.

At the Annual General Meeting held on 9 December 2013, SASCOC decided to de-register as a non-profit company.^{[citation needed]} This has created a great deal of confusion as its status as the official Sports Confederation (in terms of the Sport and Recreation Act, number 110 of 1998, as amended) and its affiliation to the IOC, ANOCA and the Commonwealth are not transferable.^{[citation needed]}

SASCOC has a policy of sending competitors to the Olympics only if they are considered world-class, typically by succeeding in a global qualifying tournament or reaching a global qualifying standard. Where aninternational federation reserves places for a region such as Africa, SASCOC will not take up any such place to which it is entitled. Thus, themen's andwomen's hockey teams, which won theAfrican qualifying tournaments for the2016 Olympics, were not permitted to go;^[6][7] likewise an archerqualified via the2016 African Archery Championships.^[8] The national governing bodies of affected sports have criticised this as detrimental to their efforts to grow their sports in the country.^[7][8]

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