Paralympians past, present and future soaked up the early autumn sun on the opening day of the 2026 Toyota SASAPD National Championships held at Coetzenburg Stadium in Stellenbosch on Saturday. The big drawcard was the Winelands International track and field competition, during which the opening ceremony for the championships was held. However, other codes were…

Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie was a special guest on the opening day of the 2026 Toyota SASAPD National Championships in Stellenbosch on Saturday and he opened the four-day event with a message of hope for the para sport community. The official opening ceremony took place at the Coetzenburg Athletics Stadium, forming…

The cream of South Africa’s para sportsmen and women will be on full display at the 2026 Toyota SASAPD Nationals, where competition starts on Saturday at Stellenbosch’s Coetzenburg stadium and continues until Tuesday. Sports that will be contested include para athletics, boccia, para cycling, CP football, goalball, para judo and para powerlifting, with a host…

Three-time Paralympian Liezel Gouws is one of the most experienced para-athletes in action at the 2026 Toyota SASAPD National Championships in Stellenbosch, and a demanding programme of competition awaits her at the Coetzenburg Stadium. Gouws, a T37 para-athlete, will take on a full programme at Nationals, competing in the 100m, 200m and long jump…

The 2025 Toyota SASAPD National Championships came to a thrilling conclusion in Gqeberha, with Gauteng emerging as the overall winning province. Gauteng narrowly defeated Western Province across eight sporting codes to claim the winning province floating trophy, with the Eastern Cape securing third place overall. The Western Province also took home the De Haas floating trophy,…

The para swimming gala at the 2025 Toyota SASAPD National championships concluded in record-breaking fashion in Gqeberha on Monday. Over two thrilling sessions, a total of nine new national marks were established. Among the countries newest record holders is Gauteng’s William le Roux who at 14-years-old broke the men’s open 1500m S9 record by…

Paralympian Yane van der Merwe overcame challenging conditions to set a new African record in the women’s discus F44 at the 2025 Toyota SASAPD National Championships in Gqeberha on Sunday.  Despite the cold sea breeze, Van der Merwe launched a throw of 34.06m on her fourth attempt, a new continental record and also…

Hermanus (Manie) Blom is a big man with a big smile. And he would have been beaming after winning the gold medal in the men’s F12 shot put at the 2025 Toyota SASAPD National Championships in Gqeberha on Sunday. The visually-impaired Gauteng para-athlete had a best heave of 13.37m to take gold. He had been…

The 2025 Toyota SASAPD National Championships officially began off with a vibrant opening ceremony at the Feather Market Centre in Gqeberha. During the event, SASAPD President, Jean Miggels, highlighted that a key focus for the federation over the next four years would be the sport of goalball, with hopes of achieving a historic…