MSSA celebrates its women.

Gabriela Isaacs who represented South Africa at IeSF’s 4th World Championships – Cheonan.

The quote by Ayn Rand, "The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who is going to stop me." epitomizes all  the women that have served on MSSA's committees and who have represented South Africa in international competition.

All of the women who have either served on the committee or been in a national team have been responsible, and contributed, to the radical transformation of Mind Sports South Africa.

MSSA today, as a result, is a very different organisation, to what it was even just three years ago.

MSSA today is an organisation that has gender equity on its Management Board and is, in my opinion, the only gaming organisation in the world that actively endeavours to to promote gender equity in its teams.

Mind Sports South Africa, thus, is the only country to have female representation in its national team at IeSF's World Championships every year since 2012.

In wargames and Morabaraba, MSSA's commitment to promoting women goes back even further.

However, there is no time for MSSA to rest on its laurels as there is still much, much more work to be done. The foundation is there, it just needs to be built upon.

The full list of women who have represented South Africa in international competition is as follows:

Year	Name	Club	Period	Event
2016	Maryke Kennard	Tuks Mind Sports Club	League of Legends	IeSF’s 8th World Championships – Jakarta
	Joline Bico	BNKR	FIFA ‘16	Test Match – South Africa versus Ghana
2015	Maryke Kennard	Tuks Mind Sports Club	League of Legends	IeSF’s 7th World Championships – Seoul
	Elishia Retief	Old Edwardian Wargames Club	Ancients	IWF’s 12th World Championships – Mbabane
2014	Yolande Williams	Deviation Gaming	StarCraft II	IeSF’s 6th World Championships – Baku
	Morizane Boyes	BNKR	Tekken Tag Tournament II	IeSF’s 6th World Championships – Baku
	Elishia Retief	Old Edwardian Wargames Club	Ancients	IWF’s 12th World Championships – Mbabane
2013	Lyrene Kűhn	Knights Mind Sports Club	Tekken Tag Tournament II	IeSF’s 5th World Championships – Bucharest
	Yolande Williams	Deviation Gaming	StarCraft II	IeSF’s 5th World Championships – Bucharest
2012	Gabriela Isaacs	SAHETI	StarCraft II	IeSF’s 4th World Championships – Cheonan
	Lyrene Kűhn	Knights Mind Sports Club	Tekken Tag Tournament II	IeSF’s 4th World Championships – Cheonan
	Sindiswa Mfamana	Knights Mind Sports Club	Morabaraba	4th Traditional World Games (TAFISA) -  Siauliai (Lithuania)
2011	Ginny Daly	Knights Mind Sports Club	Manager	LG World Texting Championships – New York
	Olivia Burton	Knights Mind Sports Club	Texting	LG World Texting Championships – New York
2010	Michelle Marder	Knights Mind Sports Club	Manager	World Cyber Games – Los Angeles
	Kgothatso Moerane	Knights Mind Sports Club	Texting	LG World Texting Championships – New York
	Natalie Witoslawski	Knights Mind Sports Club	Texting	LG World Texting Championships – New York
2008	Teresa Chen	Maritzburg Girls	Morabaraba	IWF’s 8th World Championships – Palapye
2007	Bernice Ligault	Old Edwardian Wargames Club	Ancients	IWF’s 7th World Championships – Port Elizabeth
	Sindiswa Mfamana	University of Johannesburg	Morabaraba	IWF’s 7th World Championships – Port Elizabeth
2006	Bernice Ligault	Old Edwardian Wargames Club	Ancients	IWF’s 6th World Championships – Athens
	Liesl Harmse	Algoa wargames Group	Ancients	IWF’s 7th World Championships – Athens
2005	Bernice Ligault	Old Edwardian Wargames Club	Ancients	IWF’s 5th World Championships – Melbourne
	Joann Stathoussis	Peninsula Wargames Group	Manager	IWF’s 5th World Championships – Melbourne
1997	Sylvia Webster	Old Edwardian Wargames Club	Morabaraba	2nd Traditional World Games (TAFISA) - Bangkok