The 2011 South African Sports Awards will taking place at the Sun City Superbowl on 20 August.

The nominees for this year’s awards ceremony are:

SPORTS STAR OF THE YEAR

Charl Schwartzel
Cecil Afrika
Hashim Amla

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

Cameron van den Burgh
LJ van Zyl
Thulani Serero

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR WITH A DISABILITY

Lucas Sithole
Samkelo Radebe
Hilton Langenhoven

SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

Sunette Viljoen
Pietie Coetzee
Noko Matlou

SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR WITH A DISABILITY

Kgothatso Montjane
Natalie Du Toit
Emily Gray

TEAM OF THE YEAR

Bowls Team South Africa
Vodacom Bulls
Rocco Erasmus and Yvette la Grange P750 Inflatable Team

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Chad le Clos
Luvo Manyonga
Tshepo Modikwe

COACH OF THE YEAR

Frans Ludeke
Pitso Mosimane

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR

Danny Jordaan
Nomsa Mahlangu

FEDERATION OF THE YEAR

South African Golf Association
South African Hockey Association
Swimming South Africa

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

Christiaan Arnold Thyse – South African Korfball Federation
Pieter Frederik Visagie – South African Anglers and Casting Confederation
Silver Malele – South African Hockey Association

INDIGENOUS GAMES STAR OF THE YEAR

Sifisa Hlekwayo
Ingqathu KZN Women’s Team – gold medal winners in the Indigenous Games
Eastern Cape Intonga – gold medal winners in Intonga (stick fighting) at the National Indigenous Games

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Lefty Shivambu – Photographer, Gallo Images
Barry Aldworth – Photographer, Backpagepix
Duif du Toit – Photographer, Gallo Images

JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

David Isaacson – Sports Editor, Times Live
Simnikiwe Xabanisa – Sports Writer, Sunday Times
Marjolein van der Stadt – Sonday Sports Editor

STEVE TSHWETE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

To be announced at the Awards ceremony.

MINISTERS AWARD

To be announced at the Awards ceremony.

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