About
History
The association was present in two provinces at the time, the Eastern Province and Western Province. At the time the only disciplines practised were swimming and water polo. In 1908 came the establishment of FINA and by 1909 the SAASU was accepted as a member of FINA.
The first swimmer to represent South Africa at an Olympic Games was in 1912 and in 1928 South Africa won its first swimming medal at the Olympic Games. Between 1934 and 1948 South African swimming represented South Africa at the 1934 Empire Games in London, 1938 Empire Games in Sydney and in 1948 Olympic Games in London.
Committees
Executive Committee
Honorary Life Presidents
- Dr Sam Ramsamy
- Mr Gideon Sam
President
- Mr Alan Fritz
Treasurer
- Mr John Ellis
Vice Presidents
- Mr Jace Naidoo
- Mr Zikie Molusi
- Mr Emile Van Veenhuyzen
Members
- Ms Louise Blignaut
- Mr Lluwellyn Coetzee
- Ms Asmeralda Motau
- Ms Lerato Ramatsa
- Mr Chad Ho
Honorary Life Member
- Mr Ronald Andrews
Chief Executive Officer
- Mr Shaun Adriaanse
Any correspondence with an Executive member can be directed through Ms Neriah Molamu at the SSA head office on 011-404-2480 or neriah.molamu@swimsa.org
Executive Sub-Committees
The President of Swimming South Africa, Mr Alan Fritz, has established various sub-committees aimed at supporting the operations of SSA. Five such committees are functional.
Members of these committees are appointed from the Executive of SSA, members of management within the organisation, as well as from our provincial structures and from outside of swimming.
Selection Committees
Swimming South Africa is constitutionally required to have a Selection Committee for each of the five disciplines (i.e. Swimming, Water Polo, Diving, Synchronised Swimming and Open Water Swimming). Each committee is made up of three members. The convenor is elected by council for a two year period, a second member is elected by council for a one year period, and the third member is appointed by the Executive of SSA.
These committees are expected to make recommendations to the Executive of SSA regarding selection of teams. This is to be done in a consultative, fair, transparent and equitable manner, and is to be aligned to the strategy of the organisation.
Selection Committees 2022-2024
Diving |
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Marco van der Sluys (Convenor) |
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Tristan Crawford |
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Debbie Cummins |
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Open Water |
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Garth Tune (Convenor) |
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Debbie Randle |
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Cheryl Kotze |
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Swimming |
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Debbie Mcloed (Convenor) |
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Corneen Kleynhans |
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Anwar Rinquest |
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Artistic Swimming |
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Jennifer Naidoo (Convenor) |
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Lucille Pequeno |
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Wendy Buitendag |
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Water Polo |
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Reinhardt van Schoor (Convenor) |
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Aneesa Adam |
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Donn Stewart |
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Specialised Committees
Athletes |
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Chad Ho |
Convenor |
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Alaric Basson |
Swimming |
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Micaela Bouter |
Diving |
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Vacant |
Artistic Swimming |
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Vacant |
Water Polo |
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Vacant |
Open Water Swimming |
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Sports Science |
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Demitri Constantinou |
Convenor |
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Karen Hugo |
WCA |
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Rajen Naidoo |
KZNA |
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Kelley Sloley |
KZNA |
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Steven Ball |
AG |
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Claire Rolt |
AG |
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Transformation |
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Ndivhuho Raphulu |
Convenor |
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Thandiwe Dzanibe |
NWS |
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Kombi Sausi |
KZNA |
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Hanlie Smook |
FSA |
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Millicent Mofokeng |
AG |
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Lerato Ramatsa |
Exec |
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Disability |
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Vacant |
Convenor |
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Technical Officials (Swimming) |
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Sidrick Moore |
Convenor |
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Technical Officials (Water polo) |
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Guy Pinker |
Convenor |
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Technical Committees
Swimming South Africa is constitutionally required to have a Technical Committee for each of the five disciplines (i.e. Swimming, Water Polo, Diving, Synchronised Swimming and Open Water Swimming). Each committee is made up of delegates appointed by the Executive Committee of Swimming South Africa, based on recommendations submitted by Affiliates.
The role of each committee is to ensure that appropriate decision-making is implemented as it pertains to the technical aspects of each discipline. These committees set selection criteria, qualifying criteria and work towards ensuring that the discipline is integrated into Swimming South Africa’s structure, and is professionally serviced and managed.
Technical Commitees 2022-2024
Diving |
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Loredana Raccanello (Convenor) |
AG |
Kim Boustred |
KZNA |
Athi Diliza |
AG |
Masters |
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Karen Kenedy (Convenor) |
AG |
Craig Stanton |
AG |
Vacant |
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Open Water |
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Joseph Mashao (Convenor) |
AG |
Ronel Bekker |
MPS |
Thian de Jager |
ECA |
Swimming |
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Sharief Gamiet (Convenor) |
ECA |
Rodney du Toit |
KZNA |
Nicolette Wright |
WCA |
Artistic Swimming |
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Moira Norden (Convenor) |
ECA |
Kelly Sloley |
KZNA |
Cathy Bester |
AG |
Courtney Musson |
ECA |
Water Polo |
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Lacy Mentz (Convenor) |
WCA |
Galidjah Hendricks |
KZNA |
Vaughn Meecham |
ECA |
Correspondence
Diving
Education & Training
1 - 3 May 2015, Port Elizabeth
In a bid to curb drownings and encourage water safety, Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics wants to build a training pool in Motherwell so that about 5000children and also adults can learn to swim.
SSA will be hosting a level 1 coaching course based on the new level 1 SSA coaching material. The training is geared at coaches who want an SSA level 1 coaching qualification, facilitators who have the old level 1 coaching qualification and teachers wanting to go into coaching.
General News
Corona Virus (Covid-19) - SSA Activities Update No. 6
COVID-19 Notice to Members (7 June 2020).pdf — 159.4 KB
Open Water
The SA National Open Water Swimming Championships will be held at Eikenhof Dam, Grabouw 7 - 8 March 2015
Swimming
We deeply regret to inform you that the 2014 Senior Swimming Championships have been postponed.
Synchronised Swimming
Waterpolo
Anti-Doping
The link address is: https://drugfreesport.org.za/