Amy Ackerman and Johanita Scholtz continued their domination in the All Africa Championships when they won the women’s doubles gold medal at the 2026 edition at the University of Botswana Indoor Sports Centre. South Africa won three medals, in the women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. For the 20-year-old Ackerman, this was the fifth…

The recent conclusion of the 2025 All-Africa Badminton Championships in Douala, Cameroon, saw South African success as 25-year-old Johanita Scholtz, who currently ranks second in Africa, brought home gold in the doubles with the young talent, Amy Ackermann (20), writes MARK LEMKE. The pair teamed up together for the first time since winning gold at the 2021 African Championships in Kampala, Uganda. Despite the four-year absence as a team, Scholtz stated,…

The South African badminton women’s and mixed doubles finished on top, while the men were runners-up at the South African International Future Series in Cape Town.

Bongani van Bodenstein might not have won a game at this year’s Commonwealth Games, but he left Gold Coast, Australia thinking like a winner.

By Mark Etheridge South African badminton has a new coach. Well not exactly… the code has a former coach in town for a second bite at the cherry.

To win three titles at a badminton tournament is exceptional, but to then go on and repeat the same feat a year later is quite amazing.