# South Africa at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

South Africa competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London with a team of 62 athletes and finished 18th on the medal table.
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), which is the National Paralympic Committee of South Africa, announced a team of 62 competitors for the 2012 Paralympics on 20 June 2012. The team of 45 men and 17 women were accompanied by 45 managers, coaches and other support staff. SASCOC released the team's schedule on 17 August 2012.
In a surprise announcement in London on 8 September the South African Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula said that Paralympic medal winners and their coaches would receive the same performance bonuses that their Olympic counterparts were promised. The amounts initially promised were significantly lower. The minister said the original plan was discriminatory.

## Medalists

The following South African competitors won medals at the games.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Natalie du Toit | Swimming | Women's 100 m butterfly S9 | 30 August |
| Bronze | Hendri Herbst | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle S11 | 31 August |
| Bronze | Achmat Hassiem | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S10 | 1 September |
| Bronze | Jonathan Ntutu | Athletics | Men's 100 m T13 | 1 September |
| Silver | Tebogo Mokgalagadi | Athletics | Men's 100 m T35 | 1 September |
| Gold | Charl Bouwer | Swimming | Men's 50 m freestyle S13 | 1 September |
| Silver | Dyan Buis | Athletics | Men's 100 m T38 | 1 September |
| Bronze | Anrune Liebenberg | Athletics | Women's 200 m T46 | 1 September |
| Silver | Charl Bouwer | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle S13 | 2 September |
| Silver | Oscar Pistorius | Athletics | Men's 200 m T44 | 2 September |
| Silver | Charl Bouwer | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke S13 | 3 September |
| Bronze | Union Sekailwe | Athletics | Men's 400 m T38 | 3 September |
| Bronze | Michael Louwrens | Athletics | Men's shot put F57–58 | 4 September |
| Gold | Natalie du Toit | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle S9 | 4 September |
| Bronze | Shireen Sapiro | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke S10 | 4 September |
| Bronze | Dyan Buis | Athletics | Men's long jump F37–38 | 5 September |
| Gold | Oscar Pistorius Arnu Fourie Samkelo Radebe Zivan Smith | Athletics | 4 × 100 m relay T42–46 | 5 September |
| Gold | Natalie du Toit | Swimming | Women's 200 m individual medley SM9 | 6 September |
| Silver | Hilton Langenhoven | Athletics | Men's 400 m T12 | 6 September |
| Silver | Ilse Hayes | Athletics | Women's 100 m T13 | 6 September |
| Bronze | Arnu Fourie | Athletics | Men's 100 m T44 | 6 September |
| Silver | Natalie du Toit | Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle S9 | 7 September |
| Silver | Ernst van Dyk | Cycling | Men's road race H4 | 7 September |
| Gold | Ilse Hayes | Athletics | Women's long jump F13 | 7 September |
| Silver | Dyan Buis | Athletics | Men's 200 m T38 | 8 September |
| Silver | Kevin Paul | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke SB9 | 8 September |
| Gold | Fanie van der Merwe | Athletics | Men's 100 m T37 | 8 September |
| Silver | Anrune Liebenberg | Athletics | Women's 400 m T46 | 8 September |
| Gold | Oscar Pistorius | Athletics | Men's 400 m T44 | 8 September |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Swimming | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Athletics | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| Cycling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 12 | 9 | 29 |

## Athletics

South African track and field athletes won a combined 17 medals at the Games, four gold, seven silver and six bronze. Sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who carried the nation's flag at the opening ceremony, was the most successful South African athlete winning individual gold in the T44 400 metres, gold in the 4 × 100 metres relay T42–46, setting world records in both, and individual silver in the T44 200 metres. In the 200 metres event Pistorius set a new world record in his heat, but he was defeated in the final by Brazilian Alan Oliveira. After the race Pistorius raised an issue about the length of Oliveira's blades, he later apologised for the timing of his remarks, but not the content of his complaint. The IPC confirmed the length of Oliveira's blades were proportional to his body and legal, but expressed willingness to engage with Pistorius about the issue.

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for preliminary rounds are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or by position without achieving the qualifying target
* AF = African record
* NR = National record
* SB = Seasonal Best
* PB = Personal Best
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
* DNS = Did not start/Withdrawn

### Men—track

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Tshepo Bhebe | 400 m T46 | 52.24 | 5 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dyan Buis | 100 m T38 | — | — | — | — | 11.11 AF | |
| Dyan Buis | 200 m T38 | 22.57 AF | 1 Q | — | — | 22.51 AF | |
| Andrea Dalle Ave | 100 m T37 | 12.18 PB | =7 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pieter du Preez | 100 m T51 | — | — | — | — | 24.21 | 6 |
| Charl du Toit | 100 m T37 | 12.11 | 5 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Charl du Toit | 800 m T37 | — | — | — | — | 2:06.67 | 6 |
| Arnu Fourie | 100 m T44 | 11.29 | 1 Q | — | — | 11.08 AF | |
| Arnu Fourie | 200 m T44 | 22.57 WR | 2 Q | — | — | 22.49 WR | 4 |
| Hilton Langenhoven | 200 m T12 | 22.44 SB | 1 Q | 22.24 PB | 1 Q | 22.29 | 4 |
| Hilton Langenhoven | 400 m T12 | 49.86 | 1 Q | 49.42 =PB | 1 Q | 49.04 PB | |
| Teboho Mokgalagadi | 100 m T35 | 13.07 | 2 Q | — | — | 13.10 | |
| Teboho Mokgalagadi | 200 m T35 | 27.37 PB | 2 Q | — | — | 27.02 PB | 5 |
| Jan Nehro (guide: Duane Fortuin) | 5000 m T11 | — | — | — | — | 16:09.51 SB | 6 |
| Jonathan Ntutu | 100 m T13 | 11.00 AF | 1 Q | — | — | 11.03 | |
| Jonathan Ntutu | 200 m T13 | 22.40 AF | 1 Q | — | — | 22.37 AF | 6 |
| Oscar Pistorius | 100 m T44 | 11.18 SB | 1 Q | — | — | 11.17 | 4 |
| Oscar Pistorius | 200 m T44 | 21.30 WR | 1 Q | — | — | 21.52 | |
| Oscar Pistorius | 400 m T44 | 48.31 SB | 1 Q | — | — | 46.68 PR | |
| Samkelo Radebe | 100 m T46 | 11.53 | 6 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Union Sekailwe | 200 m T38 | 24.01 PB | 3 Q | — | — | 23.66 PB | 6 |
| Union Sekailwe | 400 m T38 | 53.28 | 3 Q | — | — | 51.97 PB | |
| Marius Stander | 400 m T38 | 53.52 | 1 Q | — | — | 53.62 | 6 |
| Fanie van der Merwe | 100 m T37 | 11.52 =WR | 1 Q | — | — | 11.51 WR | |
| Fanie van der Merwe | 200 m T37 | 23.83 | 2 Q | — | — | 23.79 | 6 |
| Oscar Pistorius Arnu Fourie Samkelo Radebe Zivan Smith | 4 × 100 m relay T42–46 | — | — | — | — | 41.78 WR | |

### Men—field

| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
| Dyan Buis | Long jump F37–38 | 6.48 =WR | |
| Andrea Dalle Ave | Long jump F37–38 | 6.02 AF | 5 |
| Michael Louwrens | Shot put F57–58 | 13.64 | |
| Casper Schutte | Javelin F42 | 48.12 AF | 4 |
| Union Sekailwe | Long jump F37–38 | 5.10 | 10 |
| Duane Strydom | Discus F35–36 | 35.64 | 8 |

### Women—track

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anrune Liebenberg | 200 m T46 | 25.79 AF | 2 Q | — | — | 25.55 AF | |
| Anrune Liebenberg | 400 m T46 | — | — | — | — | 56.65 PB | |
| Ilse Hayes | 100 m T13; | 12.63 | 2 Q | — | — | 12.41 | |
| Anika Pretorius | 100 m T13; | 13.11 SB | 3 Q | — | — | 13.50 | 8 |

### Women—field

| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
| Ilse Hayes | Long jump F13 | 5.70 | |
| Zandile Nhlapo | Javelin F33–34&52-53 | 15.43 SB | 8 |
| Zandile Nhlapo | Shot put F32–34 | 6.41 SB | 12 |
| Anika Pretorius | Long jump F13 | DNS | DNS |
| Zanele Situ | Javelin F54–56 | 16.22 | 4 |
| Chenelle van Zyl | Discus F35–36 | 24.57 | 6 |
| Chenelle van Zyl | Shot put F35–36 | 7.83 | 9 |

### Management Team

* Manager: Dion Bishop
* Coaches: Suzanne Ferreira, Zelda Hansen, Hennie Koekemoer, Karin le Roux, Ampie Louw
* Team assistant: Neels Matthyser
* Helper: Illse du Preez.

## Cycling
### Key

* DNF = Did not finish
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Classification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Classification | Time | Rank |
| Roxanne Burns | Women's time trial | C4 | 32:39.24 | 6 |
| Madre Carinus | Mixed road race | T1/2 | 1:00:00 | 10 |
| Madre Carinus | Mixed time trial | T1/2 | 16:54.16 | 12 |
| Stuart McCreadie | Men's road race | H2 | 1:43:51 | 8 |
| Stuart McCreadie | Men's time trial | H2 | 29:03.51 | 7 |
| Jaco Nel | Men's road race | C2 | DNF | DNF |
| Jaco Nel | Men's time trial | C2 | 28:12.44 | 14 |
| Ernst van Dyk | Men's road race | H4 | 2:00:33 | |
| Ernst van Dyk | Men's time trial | H4 | 26:35.95 | 5 |
| Gerhard Viljoen | Mixed road race | T1/2 | 48:37 | 4 |
| Gerhard Viljoen | Mixed time trial | T1/2 | 15:26.41 | 7 |

### Track

| Athlete | Event | Classification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Classification | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Roxanne Burns | Women's individual pursuit | C4 | 4:40.874 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roxanne Burns | Women's time trial | C4/5 | — | — | 42.621 | 11 |
| Jaco Nel | Men's individual pursuit | C2 | 4:12.794 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jaco Nel | Men's time trial | C1/2/3 | — | — | 1:12.405 | 11 |

#### Management team

* Manager: Mike Burns
* Coach: Ricky Kulsen
* Mechanic: Pieter Jansen.

## Equestrian

A team of four represented South Africa in the equestrian competition, one man and three women, although Paralympic equestrian competition is not divided by gender. The competition consists of three dressage events, a championship test, a freestyle test and a team test. There are five competitor classes: Ia, Ib, II, III and IV, with Ia being the most and IV the least impaired.

### Individual

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Result | Rank |
| Anthony Dawson | Roffelaar | Individual championship test grade II | 64.571 | 18 |
| Anthony Dawson | Roffelaar | Individual freestyle test grade II | 63.450 | 16 |
| Philipa Johnson | Lord Louis | Individual championship test grade IV | 65.774 | 10 |
| Philipa Johnson | Lord Louis | Individual freestyle test grade IV | 67.200 | 12 |
| Marion Milne | Shadow | Individual championship test grade Ib | 62.826 | 13 |
| Marion Milne | Shadow | Individual freestyle test grade Ib | 63.550 | 13 |
| Wendy Moller | First Lady Van Prins | Individual championship test grade II | 66.000 | 15 |
| Wendy Moller | First Lady Van Prins | Individual freestyle test grade II | 69.900 | 9 |

### Team

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Individual score | Individual score | Individual score | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | TT | CT | Total | Score | Rank |
| Anthony Dawson | See above | Team | 62.143 | 64.571 | 126.714 | 387.972 | 14 |
| Philipa Johnson | See above | Team | 63.125 | 65.774 | 128.899* | 387.972 | 14 |
| Marion Milne | See above | Team | 65.818 | 62.826 | 128.644* | 387.972 | 14 |
| Wendy Moller | See above | Team | 64.429 | 66.000 | 130.429* | 387.972 | 14 |
* Indicates the three best individual scores that count towards the team total.

### Management team

* Manager: Tracey Cumming
* Coach: Chris Haazen
* Vet: Sheelagh Higgerty
* Grooms: Enoch Cele, Anton Chimbuanda, Elizabeth Newsome, Teri Smith

## Rowing

Qualification Key: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage
| Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sandra Khumalo | Women's single sculls | 6:02.38 | 5 | 6:13.23 | 4 FB | 6:18.88 | 2 B |

### Management

* Manager/coach: Marco Galeone

## Swimming

Natalie du Toit, a veteran of three Paralympics and one Olympics, announced her retirement from competitive swimming after this event. South Africa's first gold medal came from du Toit winning gold in the women's 100 m butterfly S9.

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for preliminary rounds are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or by position without achieving the qualifying target
* AF = African record
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
* DNS = Did not start/Withdrawn

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Charl Bouwer | 50 m freestyle S13 | 24.36 AF | 2 Q | 23.99 AF | |
| Charl Bouwer | 100 m freestyle S13 | 53.28 PB | 1 | 52.97 AF | |
| Charl Bouwer | 400 m freestyle S13 | 4:17.74 | 1 Q | 4:14.13 | 5 |
| Charl Bouwer | 100 m butterfly S13 | 59.03 AF | 2 Q | 59.39 | 7 |
| Charl Bouwer | 100 m backstroke S13 | 1:01.16 | 1 Q | 59.92 AF | |
| Charl Bouwer | 200 m individual medley SM13 | 2:15.28 | 2 Q | 2:14.71 | 4 |
| Achmat Hassiem | 100 m freestyle S10 | 57.61 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Achmat Hassiem | 400 m freestyle S10 | 4:27.86 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Achmat Hassiem | 100 m butterfly S10 | 58.46 AF | 2 Q | 57.76 AF | |
| Hendri Herbst | 50 m freestyle S11 | 27.02 AF | 2 Q | 27.57 | 7 |
| Hendri Herbst | 100 m freestyle S11 | 59.64 | 1 Q | 59.60 | |
| Hendri Herbst | 400 m freestyle S11 | 5:08.87 AF | 4 Q | 4:59.51 AF | 7 |
| Hendri Herbst | 100 m backstroke S11 | 1:14.76 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kevin Paul | 50 m freestyle S10 | 25.49 AF | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kevin Paul | 100 m freestyle S10 | 55.55 AF | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kevin Paul | 400 m freestyle S10 | 4:19.64 AF | 3 Q | 4:16.46 AF | 7 |
| Kevin Paul | 100 m breaststrokeSB9 | 1:06.21 PR | 1 Q | 1:05.70 AF | |
| Kevin Paul | 200 m individual medley SM10 | 2:14.97 AF | 1 Q | 2:15.26 | 4 |
| Tadhg Slattery | 100 m breaststroke SB5 | 1:39.55 | 3 Q | 1:39.16 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Renette Bloem | 50 m freestyle S11 | 38.00 AF | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Renette Bloem | 100 m freestyle S11 | 1:25.72 AF | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Renette Bloem | 100 m breaststroke SB11 | 1:40.61 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Renette Bloem | 200 m individual medley SM11 | 3:37.13 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Natalie du Toit | 50 m freestyle S9 | 30.16 | 3 Q | 29.84 | 7 |
| Natalie du Toit | 100 m freestyle S9 | 1:02.95 | 1 Q | 1:03.45 | |
| Natalie du Toit | 400 m freestyle S9 | 4:32.59 | 1 Q | 4:30.18 | |
| Natalie du Toit | 100 m backstroke S9 | 1:12.52 | 2 Q | 1:12.56 | 4 |
| Natalie du Toit | 100 m breaststroke SB8 | 1:30.24 | 4 Q | 1:30.85 | 7 |
| Natalie du Toit | 100 m butterfly S9 | 1:09.94 | 1 Q | 1:09.30 | |
| Natalie du Toit | 200 m individual medley SM9 | 2:36.92 | 1 Q | 2:34.22 | |
| Emily Gray | 100 m freestyle S9 | 1:08.81 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Emily Gray | 400 m freestyle S9 | 5:00.44 | 5 Q | 4:59.77 | 7 |
| Emily Gray | 100 m backstroke S9 | 1:15.59 | 4 Q | 1:16.65 | 7 |
| Emily Gray | 200 m individual medley SM9 | 2:54.03 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marike Naudé | 50 m freestyle S13 | 32.07 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marike Naudé | 100 m freestyle S13 | 1:11.45 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marike Naudé | 100 m breaststroke SB13 | 1:46.57 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Shireen Sapiro | 50 m freestyle S10 | 30.87 AF | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Shireen Sapiro | 100 m freestyle S10 | 1:07.42 AF | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Shireen Sapiro | 400 m freestyle S10 | 4:59.54 AF | 4 Q | 5:01.30 | 8 |
| Shireen Sapiro | 100 m backstroke S10 | 1:09.46 | 1 Q | 1:09.02 AF | |
| Shireen Sapiro | 100 m butterfly S10 | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance |

### Management team

* Manager: Queeneth Ndlovu
* Coach: Karoly Toros
* Coach/tapper: Karin Hugo
* Tapper/helper: Eeden Meyer

## Wheelchair basketball

South Africa's men's wheelchair basketball team were in Group A with Australia, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the United States. Competing athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5 with lower scores representing a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.

### Men's tournament

| Squad list (classification points) | Group stage | Group stage | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final | Final |
| Squad list (classification points) | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| From: Justin Govender (1.0) Siphamandla Gumbi (2.5) Stuart Jellows (4.5) Kyle Louw (1.5) Luvuyo Mbande (3.5) Gift Mooketsi (2.5) Richard Nortje (4.5) Kobus Oeschger (2.5) Marius Papenfus (2.5) Marcus Retief (1.0) Samuel van Niekerk (2.5) Jaco Velloen (4.5) | Australia L 39–93 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| From: Justin Govender (1.0) Siphamandla Gumbi (2.5) Stuart Jellows (4.5) Kyle Louw (1.5) Luvuyo Mbande (3.5) Gift Mooketsi (2.5) Richard Nortje (4.5) Kobus Oeschger (2.5) Marius Papenfus (2.5) Marcus Retief (1.0) Samuel van Niekerk (2.5) Jaco Velloen (4.5) | Spain L 50–74 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| From: Justin Govender (1.0) Siphamandla Gumbi (2.5) Stuart Jellows (4.5) Kyle Louw (1.5) Luvuyo Mbande (3.5) Gift Mooketsi (2.5) Richard Nortje (4.5) Kobus Oeschger (2.5) Marius Papenfus (2.5) Marcus Retief (1.0) Samuel van Niekerk (2.5) Jaco Velloen (4.5) | United States L 29–91 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| From: Justin Govender (1.0) Siphamandla Gumbi (2.5) Stuart Jellows (4.5) Kyle Louw (1.5) Luvuyo Mbande (3.5) Gift Mooketsi (2.5) Richard Nortje (4.5) Kobus Oeschger (2.5) Marius Papenfus (2.5) Marcus Retief (1.0) Samuel van Niekerk (2.5) Jaco Velloen (4.5) | Italy L 32–61 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| From: Justin Govender (1.0) Siphamandla Gumbi (2.5) Stuart Jellows (4.5) Kyle Louw (1.5) Luvuyo Mbande (3.5) Gift Mooketsi (2.5) Richard Nortje (4.5) Kobus Oeschger (2.5) Marius Papenfus (2.5) Marcus Retief (1.0) Samuel van Niekerk (2.5) Jaco Velloen (4.5) | Turkey L 54–79 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Group stage

| Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 372 | 259 | +113 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| Turkey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 331 | 302 | +29 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 330 | 259 | +71 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 322 | 292 | +30 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| Italy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 260 | 309 | −49 | 6 | Eliminated |
| South Africa | 5 | 0 | 5 | 204 | 398 | −194 | 5 | Eliminated |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head score differential: TUR: +6; USA: −1; ESP: −5
* 30 August 2012 20:45
* Report
| Australia | 93–39 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 20–4, 26–10, 20–9 |||
| Pts: Eveson 21 Rebs: Eveson 7 Asts: Eveson, Norris 5 | | Pts: Nortje 14 Rebs: Nortje 10 Asts: three players 2 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Saskia Warmerdam (NED)
* 31 August 2012 15:15
* Report
| South Africa | 50–74 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 13–20, 9–19, 17–14 |||
| Pts: Jellows, Nortje 11 Rebs: Nortje 9 Asts: Papenfus 5 | | Pts: Zarzuela Beltrán 24 Rebs: Zarzuela Beltrán 6 Asts: Muiño Gámez 7 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Karen Molina (COL)
* 1 September 2012 13:00
* Report
| United States | 91–29 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–10, 25–4, 17–8, 19–7 |||
| Pts: Scott 21 Rebs: Hinze 11 Asts: Lade 5 | | Pts: Nortje 11 Rebs: Nortje 7 Asts: Papenfus 5 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Mauro Retiz (MEX)
* 2 September 2012 13:00
* Report
| South Africa | 32–61 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 2–12, 13–12, 5–24 |||
| Pts: Nortje 15 Rebs: Mbande 7 Asts: Mbande 3 | | Pts: Cavagnini 33 Rebs: Cavagnini 17 Asts: Moukhariq 7 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Eisuke Kanno (JPN)
* 3 September 2012 19:00
* Report
| Turkey | 79–54 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–18, 20–12, 25–14 |||
| Pts: Gezinci 21 Rebs: Gezinci 9 Asts: Gümüş 5 | | Pts: Nortje 24 Rebs: Nortje 9 Asts: Papenfus 9 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Mati Quintana (ARG)

#### 11th/12th place match

* 5 September 2012 8:30
* Report
| South Africa | 36–83 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 7–19, 4–22, 14–24 |||
| Pts: Nortje 14 Rebs: Nortje 7 Asts: Nortje 4 | | Pts: Sanz Londoño 30 Rebs: Hawkins 16 Asts: Sanz Londoño 6 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Philip Haines (AUS)

#### Management team

* Manager: Willie Riechert
* Coach: Patrick Fick
* Assistant coach: Shadrack Moepeng
* Technical coach: Franck Belen

## Wheelchair tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Evans Maripa | Men's singles | Hamdan (IRI) W 2–1 | Cattaneo (FRA) L 0–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sydwell Mathonsi | Men's singles | Welch (USA) L 1–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kgothatso Montjane | Women's singles | — | Ochoa Ribes (ESP) W 2–1 | Griffioen (NED) L 0–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lucas Sithole | Quad singles | — | — | Wagner (USA) L 0–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Evans Maripa Sydwell Mathonsi | Men's doubles | Denayer / Gerhard (BEL) L 0–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Management team

* Manager/coach: Holger Losch
* Assistant coach: Khotso Matshego.

## General team management

The following people made-up the team's senior management:
* Chef de Mission: Pieter Badenhorst
* Project manager: Vinesh Maharaj
* Manager (logistics): Clifford Cobers
* Logistics: Madira Sehlapelo
* Manager (athletes services): Chantelle Jardim
* Athlete services: Dumisani Mtwa
* Chief medical officer: Wayne Derman
* Chief physiotherapist: Grace Hughes
* Doctor: Paul Maphoto
* Physiotherapists: Given Baloyi, Edwin Bodha, Greshne Davids, Shantal Edwards, Dan Ntseke, Evah Ramashala
* Classifier: Tarina van der Stockt