DISABILITY SPORT SOUTH AFRICA
Presentation to the Portfolio
Committee on Sport and
Recreation
Cape Town –10 June 2003
DELEGATION
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Peter Goldhawk
Arthur Cowley
Tony Heyns
Mpume Nkabinde
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President
Vice President
Vice President
Special Olympics
AGENDA
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Recognition status
Structures
Active sports
2002 sporting achievements
Funding
Progress
Mass participation
Contribution to Africa
Challenges
Our commitment
Conclusion
RECOGNITION STATUS
• DISSA recognised as the national controlling body
for sportspersons with disability by:
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International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
African Sports Confederation of Disabled (ASCOD)
Ministry of Sport and Recreation
Sport and Recreation South Africa
South African Sports Commission
National Olympic Committee of SA
Supreme Council - Zone VI
SA Commonwealth Games Association
Office on the Status of Disabled Persons
SA Federal Council on Disability
STRUCTURES
• Seven different
disability groups
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Amputee
Cerebral palsy
Deaf
Intellectually disabled
Les autres
Visually impaired
Spinal cord injuries
• Current affiliates
– Physically disabled
– Intellectually disabled
– Deaf
• Soon to be affiliated
(unity process well
underway)
– Sport for the
Intellectually Disabled
SA (organisation
bringing together
Special Olympics &
SASA-II)
ACTIVE SPORTS
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Alpine skiing
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Boccia
Bowls
Cricket
Cross-country
Cycling
Equestrian
Golf
Goalball
Hokker
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Lawn Bowls
Netball
Powerlifting
Rugby
Sailing
Shooting
Soccer
Swimming
Table Tennis
Volleyball
Wheelchair dance
Wheelchair rugby
Wheelchair tennis
[Baseball]
2002 SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS
IPC World Championships
Athletics: 11 gold, 3 silver, 8
bronze: 6th of 80 overall
Cycling: 1 gold, 3 bronze:
12th of 35 overall
Powerlifting: 1 bronze: 16th of
45 overall
Swimming: 3 gold, 2 silver of
19th of 56 overall
Basketball: 12th of 12 overall
Table Tennis: 4th place in
women’s team event
Other internationals
Winter Paralympics: best
finish 9th in slalom
World Table Tennis Team
Cup: 6th of 13 overall
Equestrian: no medal
placing
Deaf Golf: men’s
individual champion
Deaf Bowls: no medals
INAS-FID Soccer: 9th of
12 overall
FUNDING
• Success with the Paralympic team – wellknown brand now
• Support for Special Olympics team from
Sport & Recreation SA
• Support for the Deaflympic team –
application to the Lottery
• Support for the administration of DISSA,
SADSF, SASA-II – Sport & Recreation SA
• Developing three brands: Paralympic,
Deaflympic and Special Olympic teams
PARALYMPIC TEAM SPONSORS
PARALYMPIC
DEVELOPMENT TRUST
• SPONSORS
– Transnet
– Nedbank Corporate and Nomads
• OBJECTS
– Support of development program
– Equipment
– Transport
• But not where funds are available from alternative
sources such as Lotteries, Sports Trust or Poverty
Relief program
FUNDING ISSUES
• Administration
– Minimal support from S&RSA
– No support from Lotteries
– No attraction to Sponsors
• Effect
– Lack of capacity to manage development
projects
PROGRESS
• Strategy
– Inclusion:
• working on provincial DISSA structures
• SID – Special Olympics team competing under the Protea for
the first time
– Use of able-bodied sports structures:
• inclusive teams to Commonwealth and All Africa Games
• working with NFs on inclusion in practice
• working with the Ministry and SRSA to include disability as
part of “Transformation Charter”
• SA Games
• provincial academies
– Development in SCSA Zone VI:
• will be working with ASCOD Zone VI
MASS PARTICIPATION
• Rural development project funded by Transnet in
Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West in 4 sports
• Other development funded by SRSA in Gauteng,
Western Cape and KZN in 3 sports
• 2002/3 Lottery grant to train coaches, officials,
administrators, classifiers
• Transnet Linkage Programme (talent identification
and development pilot) in KZN, Western Cape
and Gauteng – 62% of LSEN schools
• 2003/4 SRSA funding for Free State, Northern
Cape and Eastern Cape
CONTRIBUTION TO AFRICA
• Sharing teaching resources
– Bidding and hosting manual (courtesy of the
SA Sports Commission)
– Excerpts of team management training
(courtesy of SASC)
– Documentation, budgets, policies,
proposals (courtesy of DISSA)
• African Paralympic Academy
– Contribution to establishment of Academy
– Assistance in teaching 14 African
Paralympic leaders
CHALLENGES 1
• For the athletes
– Accessible facilities, transport, parking,
equipment
• For Schools
– Mainstreaming and the education system
– Physical education in the core curriculum
– Training of educators, medical personnel
CHALLENGES 2
• For DISSA
– Funding for development administration
– SASA-II based in the schools
– SADSF restructuring
– Lack of sufficient competition opportunities
locally
– Access to SAQA funding to train volunteers
– Provincial support for the establishment of
provincial DISSAs uneven
OUR COMMITMENT
• To facilitate inclusion at all levels while not
compromising service delivery
• To work with all disability groups
• To work with all able-bodied federations,
Ministry, SRSA, SASC, Department of Education
• To promote sport for the disabled in Africa: “the
African Decade on Disability”
• To promote equity issues within our structures:
gender, disability, rural, black, HIV/AIDS status
• To ensure that every person with a disability can
reach their full sporting potential
CONCLUSION
• Eliminate duplication through inclusion
• Cooperate with other sports bodies
• Close cooperation with Government at all
levels
• Dedicated and hard working people
– staff
– volunteers
• Promote good corporate governance and
ethics