Glenrose Xaba produced the best performance of her career on Sunday, breaking the South African women's 10km record in Durban.

Spearheading a large South African contingent at the FBK Games on Sunday night, Marione Fourie obliterated her own national record in the women's 100m hurdles event at the popular annual meeting in Hengelo, Netherlands.

The news of death of the 42-year-old high jump former world, African and South African champion, Jacques Freitag, has shattered the hearts of the entire Athletics Family.

Athletics South Africa on Saturday held a successfull Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the OR Tambo Garden Court hotel in Isando in Johannesburg.

The South African athletics team returned home at the wee hours of 2.20am on Friday as African champions after dominating the medals table at the CAA African Senior Championships in Douala, Cameroon.

Junior athlete Ashley Erasmus produced a standout performance for the SA team on Monday, breaking the national women's shot put record to win gold on day four of the CAA African Senior Championships in Yaounde, Cameroon.

South Africa bagged five more medals on Tuesday, after shining in field events on the penultimate day of action at the 22rd CAA African Senior Championships in Douala, Cameroon.

After three days of competition at the CAA African Athletics Senior Championships, the South African team has earned a total of six medals (including four gold) as they continue to carry the national flag with honour in Yaounde, Cameroon.

The first batch of 12 of an overall team of 66 athletes, left at 3am on Tuesday for Yaounde, Cameroon on Rwandan Air for the 23rd CAA African Senior Athletics Championships which will be held on 19-23 June 2024.

Distance runner Adrian Wildschutt continued his record-breaking exploits on Sunday night, obliterating his own SA mark in the men's 3 000m race at the World Athletics Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.

In-form distance runner Elroy Gelant earned his first national 21km title, and compatriot Glenrose Xaba won her fifth in succession, at the ASA Half-Marathon Championships incorporated in the NMB Half-Marathon in Gqeberha on Saturday.