DISABILITY SPORT SOUTH AFRICA

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DISABILITY SPORT SOUTH AFRICA

• Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Sport
  and Recreation
• Cape Town 10 June 2003

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DELEGATION

• Peter Goldhawk
• Arthur Cowley
• Tony Heyns
• Mpume Nkabinde

• President
• Vice President
• Vice President
• Special Olympics

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AGENDA

• Recognition status
• Structures
• Active sports
• 2002 sporting achievements
• Funding
• Progress
• Mass participation
• Contribution to Africa
• Challenges
• Our commitment
• Conclusion

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RECOGNITION STATUS

• DISSA recognised as the national controlling body
  for sportspersons with disability by
• 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

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STRUCTURES

• Seven different disability groups
• 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)

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ACTIVE SPORTS

• Alpine skiing
• Archery
• Athletics
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Boccia
• Bowls
• Cricket
• Cross-country
• Cycling
• Equestrian
• Golf
• Goalball
• Hokker

• Lawn Bowls
• Netball
• Powerlifting
• Rugby
• Sailing
• Shooting
• Soccer
• Swimming
• Table Tennis
• Volleyball
• Wheelchair dance
• Wheelchair rugby
• Wheelchair tennis
• Baseball

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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 womens 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 mens individual champion
• Deaf Bowls no medals
• INAS-FID Soccer 9th of 12 overall

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FUNDING

• Success with the Paralympic team well-known
  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

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PARALYMPIC TEAM SPONSORS
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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

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FUNDING ISSUES

• Administration
• Minimal support from SRSA
• No support from Lotteries
• No attraction to Sponsors
• Effect
• Lack of capacity to manage development projects

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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