National Sport and Recreation Act, 1998 (Act No. 110 of 1998)10. Funding of sport and recreation |
| 1) | Sport and Recreation South Africa must, in accordance with its funding policy– |
| a) | implement a results-based funding policy where the level of funding is determined according to an accountable set of criteria; |
| b) | encourage creativity and self-reliance on the part of the national federations regarding funding; |
| c) | direct provincial federations to the offices of the members of the Executive Council for Sport and Recreation in the provinces and the local authorities in the various cities for provincial and local funding; |
| d) | increase the profile and increase financial assistance to volunteers, women, senior citizens, neglected rural areas and the disabled, in sport and recreation; and |
| e) | demand acceptable standards of administration from recipients of Government funding. |
| 2) |
| a) | Sport and Recreation South Africa must, in allocating funds to the national federations, determine the proportion of funding that must be used towards development. |
| b) | National federations must annually indicate to Sport and Recreation South Africa in writing, the names of the specific clubs under its respective control and the proportion of funding that these clubs have received during the specific year for development purposes from funding provided to these clubs by– |
| i) | the national federations out of the funds received from Sport and Recreation South Africa; |
| ii) | the national federations out of its own funds; and |
| iii) | the national federations out of the funds received from other persons or bodies |
| 3) |
| a) | No funding will be provided and no recognition as prescribed will be given by Sport and Recreation South Africa to national federations where– |
| i) | no development programmes exist; |
| ii) | federations exclude persons from the disadvantaged groups, particularly women and people with disabilities, from participating at top level of sport; or |
| iii) | national federations have misused the funding referred to in subsection (2). |
| b) | Where Sport and Recreation South Africa has decided not to provide funding or give recognition to the national federations as contemplated in paragraph (a), the Minister may publish such decision in the Gazette. |