eNCA | Equal Incentives for SA's Paralympians
291 views · Published 10 September 2012 · 1:49 · Indexed 17 October 2026
Channel: eNCA · 2012 · News & Politics
Johannesburg, September 9 -- Sports Minister, Fikile Mbalula, has announced that South African Paralympic medalists will receive the same monetary reward as their able-bodied counterparts. Initially Paralympic athletes were offered R100 000 for gold, R75 000 for silver and R40 000 for bronze. In light of the announcement, gold medalists will now be awarded R400 000, silver medalists R200 000 and bronze medalists R80 000. To date, South Africa has secured 29 medals at the London Paralympics.
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