By Charmaine Ndlela
All roads will lead to Rustenburg in the North West this week as 670 athletes and coaches from across all nine provinces prepare to compete in the 2026 Special Olympics South Africa National Summer Games from August 28 to 30.
The three-day Games, to be hosted at Hoërskool Rustenburg, will bring together athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities, coaches, officials, volunteers, government representatives, families, supporters and corporate partners in a national celebration of sporting excellence and inclusion.
Founded in 1991, Special Olympics South Africa provides year-round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and has grown to more than 45 000 athletes participating in 18 sports.
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