Final Schedule for the 2020 IWBF Afro Paralympic Qualifiers Announced The final schedule for the 2020 IWBF Afro Paralympics Qualifiers has been finalised. Last minute withdrawals from Angola Men (No funding) and Morocco Women has resulted in the tournament...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”South Africa ready to welcome the continents top Wheelchair Basketball Nations!” google_fonts=”font_family:Exo%3A100%2C100italic%2C200%2C200italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]South Africa have won the right to host the 2020 IWBF Afro Paralympic Qualification Tournament, after their bid was successfully awarded at the recent IWBF Congress in...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The past week saw the South Africa Schools Championships take place in Pretoria, and Wheelchair Basketball High Performance staff were tasked with selecting the National Under 18 Boys and U18 Girls Squads. Wheelchair Basketball South Africa’s Director of High...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Rammone impresses in 2019″ google_fonts=”font_family:Exo%3A100%2C100italic%2C200%2C200italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:600%20bold%20regular%3A600%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]The North West Province have unearthed a young gem in the form of 17 year old Tlamelang School pupil, Bofelo Rammone. Known to many as “Ronaldo” this quiet yet confident young man from Kuruman, first...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I am text block. Click edit button to change this text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”North West and Gauteng Juniors claim National U19 Boys and...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”History created at the 2019 Lwini Cup in Luanda Angola!” google_fonts=”font_family:Exo%3A100%2C100italic%2C200%2C200italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]The Sasol Amawheelagirls travelled to the capital of Angola, Luanda on the 27th of November to take part in the annual Lwini Foundation Cup for Wheelchair Basketball in...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Sasol Amawheelaboys are in Suphanburi, Thailand preparing for the 2020 IWBF Afro Paralympic Qualifiers taking place in January 2020. Coach Lydia Dumond has turned to some up and coming young stars to carry the hopes of South Africa...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With under two month to go until the 2020 IWBF Afro Paralympic Qualifiers in January, the Sasol Amawheelagirls have been training hard in their quest to claim the No.1 spot in Africa away from Algeria. The ladies will be involved...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Sasol Amawheelaboys are all set to travel to Suphanburi in Thailand this Saturday 16 November, where they will take on host nation Thailand and the New Zealand Roller Blacks in a Tri Nations tournament. Both the Amawheelaboys and...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been confirmed the Supersport will broadcast the 2019 Vodacom Wheelchair Basketball LIVE on Channel 210, this Saturday 16 November. The continents largest broadcaster will be beaming the game throughout the African Continent from 13h45 (CAT) to its...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Wheelchair Basketball South Africa are delighted to announce the appointments of two new members to the Board of Directors. Gerhard Smith has been appointed as the new Director of High Performance & Coaching whilst Ms. Khethiwe Zulu has been appointed as...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Wheelchair Basketball South Annual General Meeting took place this past Saturday (9 November 2019 at the head quarters of WBSA, the Vodacom Mandeville Indoor Sports Center in Johannesburg. At the conclusion of a successful and productive AGM a...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Vodacom Mandeville Indoor Sports Center in Johannesburg played host the the Final Four Play-Offs of the 2019 Vodacom Wheelchair Basketball Challenge earlier today. Provincial teams from Eastern Cape, Kwazulu Natal, North West Province and Gauteng battled it out...

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]From several rural villages in the North West Province, a group of women are reshaping people’s perceptions of disability as the most dominant women’s team in the Vodacom Wheelchair Basketball Challenge. This month, the North West Bees will...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Sasol Amawheelagirls will be travelling to Luanda in Angola between 27 November and 1 December to take part in the 2019 Lwini Cup. The Lwini Cup is an annual event sponsored by the Lwini Foundation that takes place...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our Senior Men National Team, the Amawheelaboys, are all set to travel to Thailand in 10 days time to take part in a Tri Nations Tournament against Thailand and New Zealand. The tour will be the last opportunity our...

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]In Conversation with Shane Williams ahead of the 2019 Vodacom Wheelchair Basketball Challenge. It’s a measure of the character of South African wheelchair basketball star Shane Williamsthat he describes the amputation of his legs as a two-year-old as...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]The Kirloskar Lions came back from a 19 point deficit to claim the 2019 Supersport Wheelchair Basketball Series Title today at the Vodacom Mandeville Indoor Center. The Lions edged out the Diesel Electric Services Eagles 55-51 in a nail...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During the 2019 IWBF U25 Womens Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Suphanburi, Thailand, an invitation by USA Coach Trooper Johnson for the Amawheelagirls to join Team USA practise session for a scrimmage, has led to fantastic relationship being forged...

Wheelchair  Basketball  SA  competition  turnaround  strategy  has  been  in  the  making  for  the  past  four  years   and  has  placed  emphasis  on  structuring  Club  Basketball  to  ensure  grass-­root  development,  but  also   ensuring  that  this  foundation  strengthens  provincial  structures...

South Africa took on host nation Angola in the first edition of the Lwini International Wheelchair Cup in Luanda, Angola today. Going into this encounter, both teams were unbeaten and the winner of the match would be crowned the...

Luanda, Angola: The Sasol Amawheelaboys secured their place in the final of the Lwini Cup here in Luanda Angola, after a convincing victory over Switzerland this afternoon. Having secured a convincing victory against the Emerging Angola side the day...

The Sasol Amawheelaboys took on Angola Esperance in the opening game of the 2018 Lwini Cup in Luanda Angola. Young Zakhele Shelembe and Simingaye Shabalala made their first senior competitive starts for the Senior Men’s National Team in this...

Central Gauteng were crowned the 2018 Vodacom Wheelchair Basketball Challenge Champions after a 61-47 victory against North West Province at the Vodacom Mandeville Indoor Sports Center on Saturday 13 October 2018. The men from Gauteng proved too strong for...

The North West Stinging Bees were crowned as the Vodacom#WBC2018 Women’s Champions after defeating the Kwazulu Natal Warriors 38 -12 at the Vodacom Mandeville Indoor Sports Center on 13 October 2018. The Stinging Bees dominated the proceedings and secured...