Prepared by Zoran Radovic (FIBA development director) in Geneva, 27”’ April 2010
Meetings held on various occasions:
Like a true fanatic I went to see some of the games at the looking forward to enjoying watching the best young talent in Southern Africa, and because the Africa powerhouse Angola was there I would dare to say the best young talent in Africa. With my hopes very high I looked forward with unreserved hope to watch the SA team giving Angola at the very least a run for their money.
So I skipped work and headed to Potchefstroom just an hour and half away from Johannesburg, with my heart beating faster than you can say double-crossover. The drive to Potch was very enjoyable as it reminded me of my annual sojourn to Cape Town, only this year it was earlier and there was no traffic to contend with. With my stereo serenading me with Alicia Keys, Lira and Thandiswa Mazwai my mood became even more optimistic with the promise of Love and Peace these ladies preach. Continue reading »
The runners up of the LOP (League of Professionals) and Professional Basketball League team the Egoli Magic did South Africa proud on a recent tour of Angola this past week.
The team was not the original Egoli Magic team their fans have come to love after losing Joseph Mazibuko who left the team to persue other interests. The team added 6’9 center Cedrick (Not sure about his surname) who played college ball in the US and who sounds like an American too. Cedrick cracked the Mandeville backboard last week after throwing down a very strong dunk on a clearly weak structure. They also added Neo Mothiba, the South African National Team captain who currently plays for the Pretoria Heat and Quintin Denyssen who plays for Wits Alumni in the LOP.
Egoli Magic haven’t played in over a month with the exception of a few scrimmages they organised prior to leaving for Angola last week. Their schedule was tough nonetheless. On Friday Egoli lost to Primeiro De Agosto 96-71. Not a bad result considering that this is the nucleus of the Angolan national team.
On Saturday the lost to Inter 72-65. This is a game that Egoli would have hoped to lose by only single digits or at least walk away with a W.
This BSA board will be in office for the next four years. The Board was democratically elected in the Presence of the National Olympic and Sports Confederation of South Africa (SASCOC) and our national Government representatives.
The electors were all the nine Provincial Chairpersons and the Six Affiliated members of Basketball South Africa General Assembly.
The contact point for Basketball South Africa will be the President Mr Malesela Maleka and the National Administrator, Mr Tsepo Nyewe.
The BSA board members as elected on 26th October 2008 at Olympic House:
I was browsing the internet recently when I came across a very interesting document that I thought I had to share with the rest of South Africa… It goes a long way in explaining the events that led to the demise of the PBL and hopefully our administrators learn from this sequence of events. Please note that this is not a recent article, I think that it was written sometime in 1999 but I am not sure. I am also not sure about the source of the article.
For five years, from 1994 to 1998, the professional PREMIER BASKETBALL LEAGUE (PBL) produced high quality games around the country, which were featured on National peak-hour sports programs, raising public awareness of the Sport of Basketball to levels previously unknown. Praised by most, vilified by some, the time has come to take an honest look at the facts, and to establish whether any of the allegations made against the PBL were justified or not.
