On the evening stars were honoured for
their bravery, so did fans at the buzzing SilverStar Casino, Krugersdorp, West Rand.
Despite chilly weather and minor technical glitches, the show was superb.
But the evening belonged to 2016 Rio Olympic medalist and 14 year –old Ntando Innocent Mahlangu, who bagged the Sportsman of the Year with Disability award for Athletics.
In his thank you speech the shy but strong-willed Mahlangu, said he dedicates his award to his family and coach who believed in him when stacked against all odds, much to the standing ovation of over 800 guests.
Here are the winners/finalists:
Sportswoman of the Year with a disability
Zandile Nhlapo for Javelin & Shot-put
Sportsman of the Year with a disability
Ntando Innocent Mahlangu for Athletics: 100m, 200m, 400m, and 800m
Sports Team of the Year with a disability
Central Gauteng Blind Cricket Team for Cricket
Administrator of the year
Karen Losch for Wheelchair Tennis
Coach of the year
Geoffrey Toyana for Cricket
Most Promising team of the Year
Pretoria Technical High School 1st Team Rugby for Rugby
Sports team of the year
FNB Wits Rugby Club 1st Team
Xerox Golden Lions Currie Cup Team 2015
Womens Lightweight Double Scull Kirsten McCann and Ursula Grobler
Sportsman of the year
Kagiso Rabada for Cricket
Keagan Larenzo Dolly for Football
Lesego Stephen Mokoka for Athletics
Sportswoman of the year
Alyssa Conley for Athletics (100m and 200m)
Most promising player/athlete
Siphamandla Hadebe for Volleyball
Sports journalists of the year
Charles Baloyi for Daily Sun/Sunday Sun
Technical official of the year
Mpho Makhoba for Tennis
Community media of the year
Tshepo Thafeng for Soweto TV
School sport athlete of the year
Mpho Tladi for Jeppe Boys High School
Nokwande Hlongwane for Wheelchair Tennis SA/ Adelaide Tambo School
Andesa Ophondo Nonkonyane for Kensington Secondary School
Community sport and recreation programme of the year
Johannesburg Spikers Volleyball Academy for Volleyball
Sammy Kekana for Hockey
Faith and Hope Foundation for Ladies Football
Lifetime Achievement Award
Miss Rosina Sedibane
The following categories are determined through public voting:
Sport fan of the Year
William Mukwevho
SPORT PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR
Tshiwela Nwendamutswu for SABC1/ Sportsbuzz
SPORT PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Andrea Dalle Ave for Athletics
Prize money :
– R 5000, 00 per finalist,
– R 15,000 for the winner per category
– Sport Personality Award winner will receive R 45,000
– The Life Time Achiever award recipient will receive R 50,000
Meanwhile, the ever-green minister of sport Fikile “Mbawiks” Mbalula made a mention that the national sports awards will once again take place in Bloemfontein
on November 27, 2016.
We also take this opportunity to shower congratulations to “Clever Students” Bidvest Wits, for winning the MTN8 silverware, after elbowing the out of sorts and fatigue prone Mamelodi Sundowns’ 3-0 at the waterlogged Mbombela Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The last time Wits won a cup was in 2004.
