Two weeks ago, the first of four codes landed in subscribers’ inboxes. Then the second code arrived in the Leadership edition. Tonight, the third code goes out in the Athlete edition of the gsport Newsletter, and the application to work on the 21st gsport Awards is now a single week away.
Three weeks worth of codes already issued. One more to come.
If you’ve collected both codes so far, hold on to them. If you’ve collected one, this is the week to make it two. If you’ve collected none, this is the week to subscribe at gsport.co.za and pick up where the campaign is. By the time the fourth code goes out next Wednesday, the application opens, and what you bring to it is shaped by what you’ve been paying attention to over the four weeks of this campaign.
But the codes are not the test. The test is whether you should be on the crew, and the application asks that directly. The codes simply tell us how closely you’ve been listening. That matters too, but it is not the whole picture.
Tonight’s edition is dedicated to the sportswomen themselves: the athletes whose work over the past year has changed what is possible for the women who come next. The categories of Athlete of the Year, Para Sport Star, Emerging Athlete of the Year, School Sports Star of the Year, Team of the Year, African Woman in Sport, and Global Woman in Sport are open for public nomination at gsport.co.za through 31 May, 2026.
Each one names a different shape of excellence, and between them they cover the full breadth of what a year in South African women’s sport actually looks like. From the Cape Epic to Old Trafford. From a school field in KwaZulu-Natal to a continental podium. From the Paralympic stage to the global one. If a sportswoman has marked this past year for you, name her. Put her forward.
Oluchi Ndubueze Builds an Athletics Career on Faith, Family and a Fighting Spirit
From a fourth-place finish at the African U18 Championships to gold the very next day,…
From Ikageng Streets to ICC Recognition: The Rise of Nthabiseng Nini
From taped tennis balls in Ikageng to leading the North West Dragons back to Division…
The 2026 SA Hockey IPT in the Words of the Stars Who Made History
From Player of the Tournament Paris-Gail Isaacs to Top Goal Scorer Bianca Wood, Best Goalkeeper…
Coach KG Kegalale Thwane on Fitness, Representation and Lasting Impact
Kegalale Coach KG Thwane, founder of Movewell by Coach KG, is reshaping grassroots sport in…
Hard Work and Dedication Drive Nadine Roos to Back-to-Back Player of the Year Honours
Nadine Roos has been named Women’s Player of the Year and Springbok Women’s Sevens Player…
Clinical Psychologist Akhona Ketwa on Healing through Endurance Sport
Clinical psychologist and triathlete Akhona Ketwa turned to endurance sport after losing her brother, completing…
The timing of this edition is no accident. In just over three weeks, the Proteas Women open the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in England as back-to-back finalists. The Springbok Women’s Sevens are deep into their HSBC SVNS season. South Africa’s hockey women are preparing for their World Cup. The women on those squads, and the women whose names are not on those squads but who have made other quieter histories this year, all of them are eligible.
The Athlete edition exists to remind you of that.
And it brings us, as the previous editions have, to the work of the crew the gsport Awards will need this year. Every athlete who walks across that stage in August will do so because a team of people made the moment possible.
Photographers who know which corner of the room to be in when the announcement comes. Writers who can tell her story in the time it takes the room to applaud. Producers who can hold the pace of an evening that has to feel both monumental and personal. Live posters who can put the moment on a hundred thousand timelines before she’s walked back to her seat. Volunteers who walk her from green room to stage to interview to backstage, and never make her feel walked. If one of those roles is yours, this campaign is your invitation.
Three things, then, before you click away. Subscribe to the gsport Newsletter at gsport.co.za, and next week’s code will reach you in the edition to come.
Oluchi Ndubueze Builds an Athletics Career on Faith, Family and a Fighting Spirit
From a fourth-place finish at the African U18 Championships to gold the very next day,…
From Ikageng Streets to ICC Recognition: The Rise of Nthabiseng Nini
From taped tennis balls in Ikageng to leading the North West Dragons back to Division…
The 2026 SA Hockey IPT in the Words of the Stars Who Made History
From Player of the Tournament Paris-Gail Isaacs to Top Goal Scorer Bianca Wood, Best Goalkeeper…
New Chapter as the 2026 Hollywoodbets Super League Festival Format set to Kick Off in Soweto
Defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies among sides set to open their title challenge as the…
Bongi Msomi Named as Team SA Chef de Mission for Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
From flag bearer at Birmingham 2022 to leading the delegation, Bongi Msomi has been appointed…
Onthatile Zulu and Hannah Pearce Headline SA Senior Women’s Hockey Squad for World Cup Push
SA Hockey has unveiled its 32-player Senior Women’s Squad for 2026, bringing together seasoned internationals…
If a sportswoman has shaped this year for you, nominate her at gsport.co.za. And if you know someone who would be perfect on the gsport Awards crew, forward this article to them, send them the Newsletter sign-up link, or tag them on social media with #gsport21, #20YearsOfgsport and #IRecogniseHer.
One more code still to come. The application opens next Wednesday. Year twenty-one is no longer in the distance.
Main Photo Caption: The 2026 gsport Awards take place in August, and gsport has officially opened recruitment for the team who will bring South Africa’s most enduring celebration of women in sport to life, with volunteer roles and paid gig opportunities available across event production, content, design and behind-the-scenes coordination. Graphic: gsport
