Question NW1170 to the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture
19 April 2022 - NW1170
Luthuli, Mr BN to ask the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture
In view of the three medals that came from water sports, namely swimming and surfing, during the most recent Olympic Games held in Tokyo, what (a) are the full details of the funding made available to these disciplines and (b) plans are in place to promote and develop young up-and-coming athletes.
Reply:
a) It should be noted that the allocation of funds to sport federations is based on their applications detailing the programmes and projects they intend to implement. The amount of funds allocated to Swimming South Africa for the financial year 2020 / 2021 and 2021 / 2022 was R4,015,831.81 and R4,500,000 respectively.
The funds allocated to Surfing for the financial year 2020 / 2021 and 2021 / 2022 was R562, 573.14 and R625, 000 respectively.
b) My Department continues to work with and support Swimming South Africa and Surfing South Africa in terms of the programmes and projects they submit to the Department as part of their Grant Applications. The Department has a Provincial Sport Programme, which is being implemented in conjunction with the Provincial Departments responsible for sport, arts and culture.