Sports loving South Africans will get to vote for a Team South Africa mascot for all multi-coded sports events going forward from the London Olympics and Paralympics later this year.

Khotso Mokoena, South Africas champion long jumper, visited the UK Border Agency offices in Pretoria on Leap Year on Wednesday to have his biometric data taken as preparation for his participation in the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Olympic governing body SASCOC has sent condolences to the family and friends of South African cycling legend Ertjies Bezuidenhout.

SASCOC on Saturday congratulated the South African women's hockey team on qualifying for the Olympic Games in London later this year.

SASCOC on Thursday joined the South African football fraternity in mourning the passing of former Bafana Bafana star Thabang Lebese. Lebese, who was 38, died at the Helen Joseph hospital in Johannesburg. He died after suffering from an undisclosed illness that saw him in and out of hospital in recent months. Although he had stints at Ria…

SASCOC president Gideon Sam has paid tribute to former WBF heavyweight boxer Mike Bernardo, who died in Cape Town on Tuesday.

Sports Minister Mr Fikile Mbalula on Tuesday expressed his confidence in the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) leadership, but urged the governing body to put its "battles" aside and focus on London 2012.

The President of South Africa's Olympic governing body, Mr Gideon Sam, on Tuesday congratulated Oscar Pistorius on winning the 2012 Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award.

The death of two South African racing drivers at the past weekend is an unfortunate tragedy, SASCOC Chief Executive Officer Mr Tubby Reddy said on Monday. Multiple South African champion Curt Alchin, 44, passed away after a tragic accident at the Victory Raceway in Port Elizabeth on Saturday evening and Sunday morning saw the death of…

Members of both the print and electronic media wishing to attend and report on the 2012 Paralympic Games in London are requested to register their names (and organisations) with SASCOC, South Africas Olympic governing body. London 2012 Paralympic Accreditation