University Sports South Africa

Membership

OVERVIEW

USSA’s membership comprises of higher education institutions within South Africa as defined in Article 7 of the USSA Constitution. Higher education is defined as all learning programmes leading to qualifications higher than Grade 12 offered at a public school, or an equivalent qualification in terms of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) contemplated in the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) Act. 58 of 1995. These qualifications would be comparable to university or technikon qualifications (HE Act 101, 1997).

Only registered bona fide students of member institutions may participate in USSA events and be eligible for selection in national student teams.
Only officials and bona fide students of member institutions are eligible to stand for and be elected to portfolios in USSA executive committees.

The Constitution of USSA determines that membership fees for institutions and sport clubs must be paid annually to USSA before 31 March (Article 15.5). The affiliation fees for 2011 approved by the Council of USSA (2 October 2010), are illustrated in the following table:

NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED AT INSTITUTION	AMOUNT DUE BY INSTITUTION	AMOUNT DUE PER SPORT CLUB
Less than 5 001 students	R4 400	R730 per code
5 001 - 10 000 students	R5 500	R730 per code
10 001 - 15 000 students	R6 600	R730 per code
15 001 - 20 000 students	R7 700	R730 per code
20 001 - 25 000 students	R8 800	R730 per code
More than 25 000 students	R9 900	R730 per code

Institutions should complete the relevant registration form and return it with their payment to the USSA National Secretariat before 31 March. A 20% penalty fee of the total amount due to USSA will be levied for all late affiliations received after 31 March (USSA Regulations, Article 3.5.2). Only students of a member (affiliated) institution of USSA will be allowed to participate in national and international events organised under the auspices of USSA, FISU, FASU and CUCSA.

Download registration form for 2011	Download business plan for 2011
Membership data for 2010	Membership data for 2009
*Membership data for 2008*

GOVERNANCE

The members (institutions) of USSA biennially elect the following committees:

National Executive Committee (NEC) of USSA that is responsible for the co-ordination of all USSA activities on a national and international level;
Executive Committees for National University Sports Associations (NUSA) responsible for the administration, organisation and coordination of their respective sporting events on national and provincial levels;
Provincial Executive Committees (PEC), elected by member institutions in the various provinces, responsible for running viable programmes for institutions in their respective provinces and regions.

The NEC of USSA biennially constitutes twelve (12) standing subcommittees to assistance it in it’s work. They are the following:

Constitutional matters
Finance and marketing
Development
Transformation
Tournaments and rosters
Tours and international events
International affairs
Medical and sports sciences
Disciplinary matters
Heads of sport
Higher Education Joint Committee
Alumni

The day to day administration of USSA is entrusted to a National Secretariat with its headquarters at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in the City of Tshwane Pretoria.
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