Team SA Names Women-Majority Squad for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee has named the Team SA squad for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, with women forming the majority of the South African delegation heading to the Games, in Johannesburg on Wednesday, 24 June 2026.
The announcement comes with the Games set to open at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on Thursday, 23 July 2026, the Scottish city’s second time hosting the event after the 2014 edition. Glasgow holds happy memories for Team SA, who claimed 40 medals there in 2014, including 13 gold, the joint most at any Commonwealth Games since the country’s return from isolation in 1994.
Glasgow 2026 comprises 10 sports, including six fully integrated para-sports, with Team SA represented across artistic gymnastics, athletics, boxing, cycling, judo, netball, swimming, weightlifting, bowls and 3×3 wheelchair basketball, along with the integrated para codes.
Leading the delegation is Chef de Mission Bongiwe Msomi, who was appointed to the role in May and who carried the South African flag at the Birmingham 2022 opening ceremony. Msomi will guide Team SA through the country’s 15th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.
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In the pool, breaststroke specialist Lara van Niekerk returns as a defending Commonwealth champion, having completed the 50m and 100m breaststroke double at Birmingham four years ago. Van Niekerk anchors a swimming contingent that forms one of the largest women’s groups in the squad.
SASCOC President Barry Hendricks, who officially handed the athletes and support staff over to Msomi, expressed his confidence in the squad. “It goes without saying that we have the utmost confidence in the squad being delivered to Glasgow to fly our flag high. I always say to athletes that their role when representing their country is as much as being good ambassadors as it is being great competitors. All we ask of from the team is that they do their best, and the results will take care of themselves,” he said.
“The country has a proud and distinguished history at the Commonwealth Games, and I have no doubt whatsoever that those wearing the green and gold in Glasgow will continue the tradition of excellence.”
SASCOC President, Barry Hendricks
“It’s an exciting blend of youth and experience and the team is being led by a chef de mission who herself knows what it takes to succeed at this level of competition,” added Hendricks.
SASCOC also confirmed financial incentives for medal-winners. Individual gold medallists will receive R100 000, with their coaches earning R15 000; silver medallists R50 000, with R10 000 for the coach; and bronze medallists R25 000, with R5 000 for the coach. In team and relay events, gold earns each athlete R25 000 and the coach R15 000, silver R12 500 and R7 500, and bronze R6 250 and R3 750.
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The squad announcement coincided with the unveiling of the Team SA kit, with athletes showcasing the Mr Price Sport-designed attire on stage. It marks the second Commonwealth Games for the Maxed Elite-branded performance apparel, following its debut at Birmingham 2022, as Team SA’s women prepare to take their place on the global stage in Glasgow.
Women Members of the 2026 Commonwealth Games Team South Africa Squad
Athletics (7)
Marlie Viljoen
Prudence Sekgodiso
Karabo More
Tayla Kavanagh
Marione Fourie
Rogail Joseph
Jo-Ane du Plessis
Para Athletics (3)
Sheryl James
Liezel Gouws
Yane van der Merwe
Boxing (2)
Thandolwethu Mathiba
Samukelisiwe Ncube
Cycling (1)
S’annara Grove
Gymnastics (5)
Caitlin Rooskrantz
Naveen Daries
Zelme Daries
Buhle Nhleko
Karma Visagie
Judo (2)
Donné Breytenbach
Skye Knoester
Netball (12)
Khanyisa Chawane
Kamogelo Maseko
Tarle Mathe
Owethu Ngubane
Refiloe Nketsa
Nicola Smith
Rolene Streutker
Elmere van der Berg
Karla Pretorius
Jamie van Wyk
Karla Victor
Sanmarie Visser
Bowls (3)
Bridget Calitz
Jacquelyn Janse van Rensburg
Elinah Muvhango
Para Bowls (1)
Nozipho Schroeder
Swimming (12)
Aimee Canny
Rebecca Meder
Erin Gallagher
Jessica Thompson
Kayleen Corbet
Lara van Niekerk
Hannah Pearse
Caitlin de Lange
Hannah Robertson
Georgia Nel
Duné Coetzee
Olivia Nel
Para Swimming (2)
Danika Vyncke
Alani Ferreira
Weightlifting (4)
Johanni Taljaard
Anneke Spies-Burger
Laryne Jefferies
Cheyenne Smith
Wheelchair Basketball 3×3 (4)
Aviwe Ngoni
Michelle Moganedi
Asive Gilifile
Ongezwa Hagu
Officials (Women’s Teams)
Bongiwe Msomi (Chef De Mission)
Ilse Pelser (Gymnastics Women’s Head Coach)
Leeland Christian (Gymnastics Women’s Assistant Coach)
Jenny van Dyk (Netball Coach)
Zanele Mdodana (Netball Assistant Coach)
Vinolia Austin (Netball Manager)
Colin Powell (Netball Team Official)
Bongani Mdunjana (Netball Team Official)
Jennifer Jones (Para Bowls Women’s Coach)
Original Copy: SASCOC, with editing by gsport
Main Photo Caption: Team SA’s women headline the South African squad named for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with Chef de Mission Bongiwe Msomi leading the delegation and defending Commonwealth champion Lara van Niekerk among the swimmers, in Johannesburg on Wednesday, 24 June 2026. Photo: Anton Geyser
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