ASA MEET WITH PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON SPORT AND RECREATION 31 OCTOBER 2017: COMMITTEE ROOM 1, PARLIAMENT, CAPE TOWN

1. ABOUT ATHLETICS SOUTH AFRICA

1.1. Up to 1992 athletics in South Africa operated in silos due to the political dispensation in South Africa at the time.

1.2. ASA was founded in 1992, as part of South Africa becoming a democratic country.

1.3. The interim arrangement was agreed upon by all parties that all decision-making structures should have a representative ratio of 60% black and 40% white.

1.4. For the past 10 years the above arrangements where no longer required, as elections of Office Bearers adhered to the demographic balance of the South African Society.

1.5. ASA is affiliated to the IAAF, and are guided by the IAAF Constitution, Rules and Regulations

1.6. ASA consist of 17 provinces which have as borders, municipal districts or metropoles, clustered together to ensure sustainability of provinces.

1.7. ASA have 6 Associates USSA; SAMA; SASA; SANDF; SAPS; DSSA which capacitate mainstream athletics.

1.8. ASA is registered to SRSA and SASCOC as service provider in South Africa

2. ABOUT ASA GOVERNANCE

2.1. ASA is governed by a Constitution which is in line with the IAAF Constitution.

2.2. The ASA Constitution fully adheres to the South African Constitution (Bill of Rights); National Development Plan; and National Sports Plan

2.3. The ASA Board Members are elected quadrennially by the ASA Council consisting of the 12 ASA Board Members, 17 ASA Provinces , 6 Associates, 4 Commissions

2.4. The ASA Council meet at least twice per year.2.5. ASA Board consisting of 12 Board Members whom governs ASA 2.6. The ASA Board meet at least once per quarter2.7. The ASA Board has an ASA Office in place overseeing the

implementation of the ASA Strategic plan, as approved by the ASA Council on an annual basis.

3. ABOUT ASA TRANSFORMATION

3.1. The ASA Board consist of: 8 black; 3 coloured, 1 white3.2. Commissions consist of: 14 black; 2 coloured; 6 white3.3. Committees consist of: 7 black; 4 coloured; 8 white

3.4. Provincial Presidents consist of: 9 black; 4 coloured; 4 white3.5. Provincial CEO/General Managers consist of: 5 black; 5 coloured; 7

white3.6. Athletes selected on merit to represent South Africa. In 2017 ASA

ranked out of 215 countries in the world: Youth: No. 1 on the medal tally at IAAF World Youth Champs Senior: No. 3 on the medal tally at the 2017 IAAF World Senior

Champs Note: ASA was No. 5 in the world on medal tally at 2016 Olympic

Games

Statistics below reflects ASA’s progression over the past 10 years at the highest level of competition in the world:

Statistics of ASA Youth and Junior teams at international Championships events

Key: Y – IAAF World Youth Championships; J – IAAF World Junior Championships

Youth & Junior teamY

2007J

2008Y

2009J

2010Y

2011J

2012Y

2013J

2014Y

2015J

2016Y

2017Amount of athletes 49 23 30 23 36 31 33 24 25 22 25

Black athletes in team18

37%10

43%9

30%4

17%10

28%9

29%5

15%10

42%5

20%12

55%12

48%World Ranking – out of 215 countries 17 16 24 16 6 39 15 0 5 23 1

Statistics of ASA Senior teams at international Championships events

Key: WC – IAAF World Champs; OG – Olympic Games; CWG – Commonwealth Games WCH OG WCH CWG WCH OG WC CWG WCH OG WCH

Senior team 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017Amount of athletes 30 24 34 11 33 20 27 20 34 43 26

Black athletes in team16

53%12

50%20

59%5

45%17

52%8

40%12

44%9

45%20

59%22

51%15

58%World Ranking – out of 215 countries 17 29 10 8 9 25 33 6 13 5 3

Statistics below reflect the difference in the performances of athlete with, and without, medical and scientific support:

Senior athletes WORLD RANKINGS OF TOP ATHLETES THE PAST 10 YEARSAthletes with scientific support

NAME OF ATHLETE 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017Wayde van Niekerk 400m 19 5 1 1 1Luvo Maniynga LJ 20 13 69 2 1Ruswahl Samaai LJ 88 74 22 6 6 3Akani Simbini 100m 81 21 20 5 4Lebogang Shange 20km W 130 45 24 12Antonio Alkana 110mH 23 19 7

Senior athletes WORLD RANKINGS OF TOP ATHLETES THE PAST 10 YEARSAthletes without scientific support, or limited support

NAME OF ATHLETE 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017Elroy Gelant 5000m 100 90 111 50 83 115 19 97Henricho Bruintjies 100m 90 20 80 35Jacob Rozani 800m 139 123 42 89Rynhardt V Rensburg 800m 87 130 100 37 39 60Stephen Mokoka 10000m 87 68 53 83 44 59 91LJ Van Zyl 400mH 4 2 12 1 43 19 22 19 17 43Cornell Fredericks 400mH 60 16 6 18 14 3 53 41

4. List of athletes who won medals at international level in 2017

IAAF WORLD U18 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NAIROBI 2017

Athlete Gender Discipline Demographics Medal

Tshenolo LEMAO M 100m Black GOLD

Retshidisitswe MLENGA M 200m Black GOLD

Sokwakhana ZAZINI M 400mH Black GOLD

Breyton POOLE M High Jump Coloured GOLD

Zeney VAN DER WALT F 400mH White GOLD

Retshidisitswe MLENGA M 100m Black SILVER

Tshenolo LEMAO M 200m Black SILVER

Johannes SCHLEBUSCH M Javelin Throw White SILVER

Jonathan DE LACEY M Shot Put White BRONZE

Morne BRANDON M Discus Throw White BRONZE

SOUTH AFRICA U18 X 4x400m Relay BRONZE

MEDAL TABLE Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 South Africa 5 3 3 112 China 5 2 4 113 Cuba 5 2 1 84 Kenya 4 7 4 155 Ethiopia 4 3 5 126 Germany 3 5 5 137 Jamaica 3 2 3 88 France 2 1 4 79 Ukraine 2 1 2 510 Turkey 1 1 1 3

MEDAL WINNERS AT 2017 IAAF WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS

IAAF WORLD SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS LONDON 2017

Athlete Gender Discipline Demographics Medal

Wayde VAN NIEKERK M 400m Coloured GOLD

Luvo MANYONGA M Long Jump Black GOLD

Caster SEMENYA F 800m Black GOLD

Wayde VAN NIEKERK M 200m Coloured SILVER

Ruswahl SAMAAI M Long Jump Coloured BRONZE

Caster SEMENYA F 1500m Black BRONZE

MEDAL TABLE

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total1 United States (USA) 10 11 9 302 Kenya (KEN) 5 2 4 113 South Africa (RSA) 3 1 2 64 France (FRA) 3 0 2 55 China (CHN) 2 3 2 76 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)* 2 3 1 67 Ethiopia (ETH) 2 3 0 58 Poland (POL) 2 2 4 89 Germany (GER) 1 2 2 5

10 Czech Republic (CZE) 1 1 1 3

GOLD MEDALLISTS AT 2017 IAAF WORLD SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

2017 CAA AFRICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ALGERIAAthlete Discipline Gender Demographics Performance

1. Clarence Munyai 200m Male Black Gold(20,22)2. Mpho Tladi 100m H/110m H Male Black Gold(13,78)3. Werner Visser Discuss Throw Male White Silver(58,70m)4 Aaron Pedro Long Jump Male Coloured Bronze(7,10m)5 Carel Haasbroek Hammer Throw Male White Gold(20,08)6. Kayle Blignaut Shot Put Male White Gold(20,08)7. Patrick Duvenage Shot Put

DiscusMale White Silver (18,31) )

Gold (59,49m)8. Thembu Monareng 100 M Male Black Gold(10,31)9. Hernus Van Vuuren Javelin Throw Male White Silver(72,74m)10. Werner Dames Javelin Throw Male Coloured GOLD(72,75m)11. Yolandi Stander Discus Throw

Shot PutFemale White Gold(49,13)

Silver (12,72)12. Yvonne Robson High Jump Female White Gold (1,74m)13. Jone Kruger Heptathlon Female White Gold (4850

Points)14. Taylon Bieldt 100m H Female Coloured Gold (13,82)15. Jana Steinman Shot Put Female White Gold(13,15m)

MEDAL TALLY AT 2017 CAA AFRICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

ALL TIME MEDALS WON AT CAA AFRICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1994

ATHLETES WHO SET NEW WORLD RECORDS IN 2017

ATHLETE GENDER DISCIPLINE DEMOGRAPHICS

1 Sokwakhana ZAZINI M 400mH Youth Black

2 Clarence Munyai M 300m Junior Black

3 Wayde VAN NIEKERK M 300m Senior Coloured

4 Caster SEMENYA F 600m Senior Black

ATHLETES WHO SET NEW SOUTH AFRICAN RECORDS IN 2017

ATHLETE GENDER DISCIPLINE DEMOGRAPHICS

1. Wayde van Niekerk M 200m Senior Coloured

2. Wayde van Niekerk M 300m Senior Coloured

3. Antonio Alkana M 110m Hurdles Senior Black

4. Luvo Manyonga M Long Jump Senior Black

5. Lebogang Shange M 5000m W Senior Black

6. Lebogang Shange M 10000m W Senior Black

7. Lebogang Shange M 20km W Senior Black

8. Caster Semenya F 600m Senior Black

9. Caster Semenya F 800m Senior Black

10. Letitia Janse van VuurenF Hammer Throw SeniorWhite

11. Anél Oosthuizen F 20 km Race Walk SeniorWhite

12. Natalie le Roux F 50KM Walk Senior White

13. Gift Leotlela M 100m Junior Black

14. Clarence Munyai M 200m Junior Black

15. Clarence Munyai M 300m Junior Black

16. Tharina van der Walt F Hammer Throw JuniorWhite

17. Zazini Sokwahana M 400m Hurdles Youth Black

18. Shanley Koekemoer F 2000m Sc Youth White

5. ABOUT ASA FINANCES

5.1. ASA Office submit budget to Financial Committee5.2. ASA Financial Committee cut budget according to income5.3. ASA Office submit regular financial reports to ASA Financial

Committee 5.4. ASA Financial Committee only allows spending if funds are available.5.5. ASA submit financial related documents to External Auditors at the

end of each financial year.5.6. ASA External Auditors present audited annual financial statements to

the ASA Board.5.7. ASA Board present audited annual financial statements under

supervision of external Auditors to ASA Council5.8. The detailed 2016 audited ASA Financial Statements are attached

5.8.1. ASA Finances – 2016 biggest profit in more than 10 years5.8.2. In 2015 ASA’s total liabilities outstripped assets by R12.89-

million‚ but as at December 31 last year assets led by R4.81-million.

5.8.3. Total income for 2016 rocketed to R85.78-million‚ an increase of just more than R68-million on the R17.72-million Investment income was R91‚000 (R50‚000 in 2015).

5.8.4. Operating costs in 2016 were R12.64-million‚ more than double in 2015.

5.8.5. The R18-million surplus is mainly generated because of an adjustment of R2.69-million for the VAT account adjustment which was negotiated with SARS and bigger sponsorships and grants received.

5.8.6. The increase in sponsorships is mainly due to amounts received from the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) and licences from Old Mutual.

5.8.7. A major breakthrough was settling two major debts that had threatened to bankrupt the federation in recent years — the R10.4-million ASA was ordered to pay by a court to injured pole-vaulter Jan Blignaut‚ and R6-million owed to SARS.

5.9. The table below reflects ASA’s balance sheet over the past 10 years. All ASA Statements was externally audited, which include a forensic audit in 2009 and 2010.

Revenue 41 314 692.00 35 710 294.00 36 835 974.00 30 822 284.00 27 123 855.00 Event expense 42896076 40 061 547.00 44 350 126.00 25 857 367.00 21 921 618.00 Other income 769 636.00 112 701.00 32 034.00 56 980.00 32 249.00 Operating expense 8 004 074.00 Investment income 120 486.00 563 517.00 135 667.00 123 024.00 635.00 Finance costs 239217 388 969.00 512 110.00 218 995.00 150 849.00 Gross income 42 204 814.00 36 386 512.00 37 003 675.00 31 002 288.00 27 156 739.00 Gross expense 43 135 293.00 40 450 516.00 44 862 236.00 26 076 362.00 30 076 541.00 Profit/Loss 930 479.00- 4 064 004.00- 7 858 561.00- 4 925 926.00 2 919 802.00-

Revenue 24 428 193.00 12 149 665.00 10 533 892.00 17 527 072.00 67 481 124.00 Event expense 14 348 810.00 4 959 999.00 3 129 363.00 8 307 940.00 55 012 039.00 Other income 76 677.00 217 513.00 151 479.00 18 215 510.00 Operating expense 13 822 280.00 18 371 384.00 8 008 064.00 6 259 904.00 12 641 165.00 Investment income 34.00 46.00 50.00 91.00 Finance costs 160 952.00 121 773.00 112 017.00 103 692.00 2 216.00 Gross income 24 504 870.00 12 149 699.00 10 751 451.00 17 678 601.00 85 696 725.00 Gross expense 28 332 042.00 23 453 156.00 11 249 444.00 14 671 536.00 67 655 420.00 Profit/Loss 3 827 172.00- 11 303 457.00- 497 993.00- 3 007 065.00 18 041 305.00

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

6. SPONSORSHIPS AND OTHER INCOME

Main financial contributors in 2016:

6.1. SRSA6.2. NLC6.3. IAAF6.4. Old Mutual6.5. Southern Sun6.6. Adidas6.7. ASA Levies and Fees

7. PROGRAMMES

7.1. ASA plan competitions over Olympic cycle of 4 years sported by a:7.1.1. Youth Development Programme7.1.2. Junior Development Programme7.1.3. Schools Development Programme

7.2. ASA host competitions in chronological order on an annual basis starting with pre-season competitions, main season competitions and preparation for international competitions.

7.3. ASA host national championships on an annual basis for:7.3.1. ASA National Youth and Junior T&F Championships7.3.2. ASA National Senior T&F Championships7.3.3. ASA National Cross Country Championships7.3.4. ASA National 1okm Championships7.3.5. ASA National Half-marathon Championships7.3.6. ASA National Marathon Championships7.3.7. ASA National 50km Race Walk Championships7.3.8. The flow chart illustrate chronological competitions over 1 year

8. PREPARING FOR INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

8.1. ASA identify Preparation Squads immediately after the completion of the international season

8.2. All National Championships events serve as qualifiers for CAA SR Regional Champs, CAA African Championships and IAAF World Championships

8.3. The Preparation Squads are updated after the National Championships, and announce a Preliminary Team

8.4. ASA announce the final team as late as possible to allow for athletes to qualify on the international circuit e.g. IAAF Diamond League Competitions

8.5. Flow chart illustrate when preparation squads and teams are announced:

8.6. ASA send representative teams to:8.6.1. CAA SR Youth T&F Championships8.6.2. CAA SR Junior T&F Junior Championships8.6.3. CAA SR Senior T&F Championships8.6.4. CAA SR Cross Country Championships (Jun. and Sen.)8.6.5. CAA SR Half Marathon Championships (Jun. and Sen.)8.6.6. CAA African Youth T&F Championships8.6.7. CAA African Junior T&F Junior Championships8.6.8. CAA African Senior T&F Championships

8.6.9. CAA African Cross Country Championships (Jun. and Sen.)8.6.10. CAA African Half Marathon Championships (Jun. and Sen.)8.6.11. CAA African Combined Events Championships8.6.12. IAAF World Youth T&F Championships8.6.13. IAAF World Junior T&F Junior Championships8.6.14. IAAF World Senior T&F Championships8.6.15. IAAF World Cross Country Championships (Jun. and Sen.)8.6.16. IAAF World Half Marathon Championships (Jun. and Sen.)8.6.17. IAAF World Race Walking Championships8.6.18. IAU World 100km Ultra Distance Championships

8.7. More than 200 athletes represent South Africa internationally on an annual basis.

9. DEVELOPMENT

9.1. ASA organize; on an annual basis; and in chronological order; to support ASA competition programme; 9.1.1. Administration workshops, 9.1.2. Coaching courses and symposiums; 9.1.3. Technical Courses and Symposiums, 9.1.4. Excellence Workshops for Elite Athletes

10. SCHOOLS

10.1. SASA Schools Athletics season are positioned in chronological order10.2. SASA events serve as feeder to ASA National events10.3. SASA capacitate ASA youth and junior teams to international events.10.4. The flow chart illustrate how SASA serve as feeder to the ASA

Programme