Africa Sports

South Africans love almost all sport activities rugby, cricket and soccer being the most popular sports. There are more than 400 golf courses in South Africa, including a course designed by Gary Player at Sun City in the Northwest Province.

Rugby in South Africa
The Danie Craven Museum in Stellenbosch is one of the most comprehensive rugby museums in South Africa. In front of the museum is the memorial statue of Danie Craven and his dog, Bliksem, one-and-a-half times larger than life. Did You Know? Stellenbosch University's rugby club is the largest rugby club in the world.

The most important rugby stadiums in South Africa are:

Newlands, Cape Town

Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch

Ellis Park, Johannesburg

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

Springbokpark, Bloemfontein

Kingspark, Durban

Telkom Park, Port Elizabeth

The national rugby team is the Springboks.

Cricket in South Africa
Cricket is extremely popular in South Africa. When South Africa plays a five-day test, almost the whole male South African population comes to a standstill, most of them glued to the TV or radio, even during business hours.

The main cricket fields of South Africa are:

Newlands, Cape Town

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Wanderers, Johannesburg

Centurion, Pretoria

Kingspark, Durban

Springbokpark, Bloemfontein

Soccer in South Africa
Soccer is the most popular spectator sport in the black community. The only stadium is the FNB Stadium. The national team's name is Bafana Bafana, meaning 'boys boys',

Tennis in South Africa
South Africa also excels in tennis, our main export products being Wayne Ferreira and Amanda Coetzer.

Athletics in South Africa
South Africa has a few very promising sportsmen and women who you should look out for. These include Lewellyn Herbert (400m Hurdles) and Marius Corbertt (javelin).

Golf in South Africa
Not only did South Africa produce the world-famous player, now a veteran, Gary Player, but this beautiful country is also home to Ernie Els, two-time winner of the American Open and many other golf competitions