Important Official Announcement!

With IESF going to make the announcement apropos WEC26 only in mid March 2026, MSSA is unable to hold its National Team Trials on 14 March 2026.

The National Team Trials for IESF's WEC26 will thus be moved to 25 April 2026.

Two events will be squeezed in to ensure that all athletes have a chance to qualify for the National Team Trials that will be used to select the Protea Team that will officially represent South Africa at IESF's WEC26.

• 14  March 2026 - 15th Provincial Online Championships
• 18 April 2026 - 6th KWAZULU NATAL Online Championships
• 25 April 2026 - National Team Trials for titles to be played at IESF

The Board is still set to decide upon the date for the other titles. In

All member clubs and athletes are reminded that teams are only chosen if there is at least participation from four (4) provinces during the year.

Additional reading:

• 2026 Calendar of events
• AEC24 - Champions of all of Africa - Protea Female Counter Strike 2 Esports Team wins AEC24
• AEC24 - Forged in battle - a Counter Strike story...
• AEC24 - Thato Maredi outperforms Bafana Bafana!
  
• ACES - Avenging Bafana
• ACES - Thato advances to the knock-out stages!
• Affiliation: Private Clubs
• Affiliation - Procedure to be followed by school clubs affiliating for the 2026 season.
• Clubs - Newly-affiliated Backgammon clubs are ready to get things rolling…
• Events - 6th GAUTENG Online Esports Provincial Championships - 7 March 2026.
• Events - 7th Western Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships - 28 February 2026.
• Events - 15th Online Inter-school Provincial Championships - 14 February 2026
• Events - City of Cape Town Regional Junior Backgammon event - Sunday, 22 February 2026
• Events - Northern Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships - 24 January 2026.
• GEF - Clash Royale esports athletes may win a trip to Mumbai....
  
• GEF - Even Titans fall!
• GEF - Protea DotA 2 Esports team heads towards GEG25 in Mumbai.
• GEF - Protea DotA 2 Team to represent South Africa in GEG25 qualifiers - Saturday, 7 February 2026
• GEF - Zaid Williams to represent South Africa in Clash Royale - Saturday, 7 February 2026
• General -  Relationship between Mind Sports South Africa and independent esports operators
• National Team Trials - Who qualifies for MSSA National Team Trials?
  
• Notice - Important Official Announcement!
• Rankings - Clubs - The 2025 Top 5 ranked schools for esports ahead of 15th Online Inter-school Provincial Championships to be held on 14 February 2026
• Results - Northern Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships - 24 January 2026.
• Sportsmanship Award - Sportsmanship Award - Northern Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships
• Streaming - Streaming of MSSA's 6th Gauteng Online Championships - 7 March 2026
• Streaming - Streaming of MSSA's Northern Cape Online Championships for the MLBB esports title.

Athlete's rights:

• Is a professional gamer in South Africa entitled to a salary?
• Professional esports athletes must register for tax.

Employment opportunities

• #TuksSport is looking for a Deputy Director: Sports Operations Management 
• The latest sports law job openings - 9 February 2026

Other News:

• Elin Yoojung Moen, has been nominated for the Diversity Award at the HER Awards 2026

Streaming of MSSA's 6th Gauteng Online Championships - 7 March 2026

Waylander Gaming LIVE is streaming MSSA's Western Cape Online Championships for the MLBB esports title for MSSA and will bring you all the action and excitement of the Championship for the Mobile Legends Bang Bang Esports title as they battle each and every opponent.

📅 7 March 2026

⏰ From 10:00 AM

📺 LIVE on Waylander Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZb7qTT7YJU

The streamed matches are:

Match 1: 10H00

Evil Inc vs Void Esports

Match 2: 11H00

Empire Asylum vs Void Girls Esports

Match 3: 12H30

Evil Inc vs Equilibrium

Additional reading:

• 2026 Calendar of events
• AEC24 - Champions of all of Africa - Protea Female Counter Strike 2 Esports Team wins AEC24
• AEC24 - Forged in battle - a Counter Strike story...
• AEC24 - Thato Maredi outperforms Bafana Bafana!
  
• ACES - Avenging Bafana
• ACES - Thato advances to the knock-out stages!
• Affiliation: Private Clubs
• Affiliation - Procedure to be followed by school clubs affiliating for the 2026 season.
• Clubs - Newly-affiliated Backgammon clubs are ready to get things rolling…
• Events - 6th GAUTENG Online Esports Provincial Championships - 7 March 2026.
• Events - 7th Western Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships - 28 February 2026.
• Events - 15th Online Inter-school Provincial Championships - 14 February 2026
• Events - City of Cape Town Regional Junior Backgammon event - Sunday, 22 February 2026
• Events - Northern Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships - 24 January 2026.
• GEF - Clash Royale esports athletes may win a trip to Mumbai....
  
• GEF - Even Titans fall!
• GEF - Protea DotA 2 Esports team heads towards GEG25 in Mumbai.
• GEF - Protea DotA 2 Team to represent South Africa in GEG25 qualifiers - Saturday, 7 February 2026
• GEF - Zaid Williams to represent South Africa in Clash Royale - Saturday, 7 February 2026
• General -  Relationship between Mind Sports South Africa and independent esports operators
• National Team Trials - Who qualifies for MSSA National Team Trials?
  
• Rankings - Clubs - The 2025 Top 5 ranked schools for esports ahead of 15th Online Inter-school Provincial Championships to be held on 14 February 2026
• Results - Northern Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships - 24 January 2026.
• Sportsmanship Award - Sportsmanship Award - Northern Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships
• Streaming - Streaming of MSSA's 6th Gauteng Online Championships - 7 March 2026
• Streaming - Streaming of MSSA's Northern Cape Online Championships for the MLBB esports title.

Athlete's rights:

• Is a professional gamer in South Africa entitled to a salary?
• Professional esports athletes must register for tax.

Employment opportunities

• #TuksSport is looking for a Deputy Director: Sports Operations Management 
• The latest sports law job openings - 9 February 2026

Other News:

• Elin Yoojung Moen, has been nominated for the Diversity Award at the HER Awards 2026

Streaming of MSSA's Western Cape Online Championships - 28 February 2026

Waylander Gaming LIVE is streaming MSSA's Western Cape Online Championships for the MLBB esports title for MSSA and will bring you all the action and excitement of the Championship for the Mobile Legends Bang Bang Esports title as they battle each and every opponent.

📅 24 January 2026

⏰ From 10:00 AM

📺 LIVE on Waylander Gaming: https://youtube.com/live/28UrxsQq6ss?feature=share

The list of contestants are:

• Re:Nabjutsu 
• Boah Oh Woah 
• Pandora's Code Red 
• Equilibrium 
  
• Evil Incorporated 
• Void eSports 
• Void Girls eSports 
• Empire Asylum
• Seraphs
• The Roedaan Reapers

The streamed matches are:

Match 1: 10H00

Evil Inc vs Void Esports

Match 2: 11H00

Equilibrium vs Void

Match 3: 12H30

Boah oh Woah vs RENABJUTSU

Match 4: 13H30

Boah oh Woah vs Evil Inc

Match 5: 15:00

RENABJUTSU vs Equilibrium

Additional reading:

• 2026 Calendar of events
• AEC24 - Champions of all of Africa - Protea Female Counter Strike 2 Esports Team wins AEC24
• AEC24 - Forged in battle - a Counter Strike story...
• AEC24 - Thato Maredi outperforms Bafana Bafana!
  
• ACES - Avenging Bafana
• ACES - Thato advances to the knock-out stages!
• Affiliation: Private Clubs
• Affiliation - Procedure to be followed by school clubs affiliating for the 2026 season.
• Clubs - Newly-affiliated Backgammon clubs are ready to get things rolling…
• Events - 7th Western Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships - 28 February 2026.
• Events - 15th Online Inter-school Provincial Championships - 14 February 2026
• Events - City of Cape Town Regional Junior Backgammon event - Sunday, 22 February 2026
• Events - Northern Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships - 24 January 2026.
• GEF - Clash Royale esports athletes may win a trip to Mumbai....
  
• GEF - Even Titans fall!
• GEF - Protea DotA 2 Esports team heads towards GEG25 in Mumbai.
• GEF - Protea DotA 2 Team to represent South Africa in GEG25 qualifiers - Saturday, 7 February 2026
• GEF - Zaid Williams to represent South Africa in Clash Royale - Saturday, 7 February 2026
• General -  Relationship between Mind Sports South Africa and independent esports operators
• National Team Trials - Who qualifies for MSSA National Team Trials?
  
• Rankings - Clubs - The 2025 Top 5 ranked schools for esports ahead of 15th Online Inter-school Provincial Championships to be held on 14 February 2026
• Results - Northern Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships - 24 January 2026.
• Sportsmanship Award - Sportsmanship Award - Northern Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships
• Streaming - Streaming of MSSA's Northern Cape Online Championships for the MLBB esports title.
• Streaming - Streaming of MSSA's Western Cape Online Championships - 28 February 2026

Athlete's rights:

• Is a professional gamer in South Africa entitled to a salary?
• MSSA REMINDS OF ITS CLOSING DATE FOR 2025/2026 CLUB TRANSFER WINDOW
• Professional esports athletes must register for tax.

Employment opportunities

• #TuksSport is looking for a Deputy Director: Sports Operations Management 
• The latest sports law job openings - 9 February 2026

Other News:

• Elin Yoojung Moen, has been nominated for the Diversity Award at the HER Awards 2026

Streaming of MSSA's Northern Cape Online Championships for the MLBB esports title.

Waylander Gaming LIVE is streaming MSSA's Northern Cape Online Championships for the MLBB esports title for MSSA and will bring you all the action and excitement of the Championship for the Mobile Legends Bang Bang Esports title as they battle each and every opponent.

https://youtube.com/live/28UrxsQq6ss?feature=share

Hosted online — but make no mistake…

ALL PROVINCES ARE COMING.

📅 24 January 2026

⏰ From 10:00 AM

📺 LIVE on Waylander Gaming

Drafts will decide it. Team fights will end it.

Only one stands tall.

THIS. IS. MLBB. 🎮🔥

Additional reading:

• 2026 Calendar of events
• AEC24 - Champions of all of Africa - Protea Female Counter Strike 2 Esports Team wins AEC24
• AEC24 - Forged in battle - a Counter Strike story...
• AEC24 - Thato Maredi outperforms Bafana Bafana!
• Affiliation: Private Clubs
• Affiliation - Procedure to be followed by school clubs affiliating for the 2026 season.
• ACES - Avenging Bafana
• ACES - Thato advances to the knock-out stages!
• Events - Northern Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships - 24 January 2026.
• GEF - Clash Royale esports athletes may win a trip to Mumbai....
• Streaming - Streaming of MSSA's Northern Cape Online Championships for the MLBB esports title.

Last chance at WEC25!

 

The South African “Protea” esports team kitted out in purple kit at WEC25 as a symbol of solidarity for ending Gender-Based Violence in South Africa have a last gasp on 5 December 2025 at IESF's WEC25 for the MLBB esports title.

Having lost to both Turkiye an Iran, the Open Protea  Esports Team for the MLBB title take on Malaysia. It should be noted that every team in this group is a professional team.

Malaysia won the WEC24 and will indeed prove to be ha hard nut to crack.

Thus, the Protea Team, all of which are amateurs, will do battle against hardened professionals in a clash which will see if those who are not fully employed to play can defeat those that are.

Nevertheless, all Sojuth Africa is rallying around our beloved team, a team which has the bravery, dedication, and fortitude of the bravest of South Africans.

The match against Malaysia can be viewed on:

Friday, 5 December 2025, 
12H30,
https://www.youtube.com/live/DNniUbwP7lM?si=xq8piDWsoZNuTxgI

The full team officially representing South Africa is:

Name	Club	Nick	Province
Shaden Dre Shabalala (Capt.)	King of the Hill	SUPER Shady	Gauteng
Mogamat Junaid Ismail	King of the Hill	JụjuMC.♡	Western Cape
Slindokuhle Ndlovu	King of the Hill	lindo	Gauteng
Umer Ali Khan	King of the Hill	VeloTzy.	Gauteng
Schalk Rademeyer	Paradox	SUPER Light	Eastern Cape

Additional reading:

• 2025 Calendar of Events
• AEC24 - Champions of all of Africa - Protea Female Counter Strike 2 Esports Team wins AEC24
• AEC24 - Forged in battle - a Counter Strike story...
• Affiliation: Private Clubs
• Affiliation - Procedure to be followed by school clubs affiliating for the 2026 season.
• Awards - 2024 Management Board Awards
• Backgammon -  South African Player Reaches World Championship Final in Monte Carlo
• Backgammon - Welcome home, Doron. You’ve inspired a nation!
• Blog - MSSA's blog page is ranked 9th in South Africa!
• Board - Calling all volunteers.
• BRICS - Breaking the glass ceiling at 2025 BRICS Esports Championships - 31 May 2025
• BRICS - Final day of BRICS Esports Championships - 1 June 2025
• BRICS - Luay finishes in fifth place in his group.
• BRICS - MSSA National Team Trials for 2025 BRICS Esports Championships for TEKKEN 8 - 13 April 2025
• BRICS - Protea Luay Khan faces toughest matches in his life.
• BRICS - ReSF to host BRICS Esports Championship 2025 in Tekken - 28 May 2025 to 3 June 2025.
• BRICS - Sydney 'KYōi' Wood wins both hearts and minds.
• BRICS - UNIFIR3 to stream 2025 BRICS Esports Championships on 31 May - 1 June 2025.
• BRICS - With cat-like tread...MSSA's Protea Esports Team for Tekken 8 advances on the 2025 BRICS Esports Championships in Moscow.
• Colours 2024 - Almost  half the awards are awarded to female gamers.
• Colours 2024 - Athletes who have earned Senior Provincial Colours in 2024
• Events - 6th WESTERN CAPE Online Championships - 22 February 2025
• Events - 24th WESTERN CAPE Championships - 31 May 2025
• Events - Last chance to qualify for BRICS Esports Championships - 14th Provincial Online Championships to be held on 5 April 2025.
• Events - Northern Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships - 25 January 2025.
• Events - Reminder: 5th S A Schools Online National Championships - 28 June 2025
• Events - Types of esports events run by MSSA.
• Fees: MSSA advises of its affiliation and registration fees for the 2024/2025 season.
• Hosting - Hosting official Regional Championships.
• IESF - AEC - African Regional Championships - Day 2 - Tuesday, 29 July 2025 at 17H00.
• IESF - AEC - AFRICAN REGIONAL PLAYOFFS START TODAY FOR MSSA
• IWSF - AEC - After an initial loss, SA beats Madagascar.
• IESF - AEC - Female Protea Team for the Counter Strike 2 esports title to do battle against Namibia - AEC25
• IESF - AEC - IESF's African Regional Championships - FINAL RESULTS - Tuesday, 29 July 2025.
• IESF - AEC - Namibia crumbles!
• IESF - AEC - Rowell Pillay replaces Neisha Khan as captain of the female Protea MLBB esports team.
• IESF - AEC - South Africa conquers all in MLBB...
• IESF - AEC - South Africa granted victory with Namibia being disqualified!
• IESF - AEC - South Africa takes to the field  in PUBGM on 28 July 2025 at 17H00.
• IESF - AEC - South Africa to battle both Namibia and Congo on 22 July 2025.
• IESF - AEC - South Africa vs Madagascar - 26 July 2025 at 14H00.
• IESF - AEC - South Africa vs Namibia - 25 July 2025 at 21H00.
• IESF - AEC - The goddess Nike smiles on - again!
• IESF - AEC - The Titans meet - South Africa vs Madagascar - 23 July 2023
• IESF - AEC - Victoria cum audacia! - South Africa wins!
• IESF - AEC - Victory over Madagascar - now on to Namibia!
• IESF - AEC - Victory without losses!
• IESF - AEC -  WAYLANDER stream of IESF's Southern African Regional Championships
• IESF -  136 Nations Registered for IESF 2025 World Esports Championships.
  
• IESF - IESF announces proposed game titles for 17th World Esports Championships to be held in 2025.
• IESF - IESF Official Statement on WEC24 Prize Pool Allocation
• IESF - MSSA CONFIRMS ITS ENTRY TO WEC25
• IESF - Official Game Titles for 2025 IESF WEC25
• IESF - SA Proteas to take on four African countries in MLBB - 12 April 2025
• IESF - SA Team Trials
  
• IESF - WEC25 - Female Protea Esports Team arrives safely in Malaysia.
• IESF - WEC25 - Joy unrefined!
• IESF - WEC25 - Last chance at WEC25!
• IESF - WEC25 - South Africa takes on Iran at 12H30.
• IESF - WEC25 - Watch the action...
• IESF - WEC25 - We all stand together!
• International events - After defeating Madagascar, SA's Female Proteas to take on Mauritius and Ghana..
• International events - FHE eFootball World Tournament 2025 - Sign Up Now!
• International events - ReSF to host BRICS Esports Championship 2025 in Tekken
• International events - SOUTH AFRICA vs IVORY COAST in PUBGM title
• International events - TEST MATCH - SOUTH AFRICA vs MAURITIUS in MLBB title
• International events - Rose is no wilting bloom - the result of SA vs Mauritius.
• International events - SA Female Protea to take on Mauritius and Madagascar in MLBB - 1 May 2025
• International events - SA Female Team emerges triumphant!
• International events - SA Proteas march on to fight Mauritius in MLBB on 13 April 2025 at 15H00
• International events - SA Proteas to take on Congo in MLBB on 13 April 2025 at 13H30
• International events - SA trounces Botswana in MLBB
• Legal - Privacy. Who is looking after the children?
• National Team Trials: Ensuring every athlete achieves their dreams.
• National Team Trials - MSSA events that count for National Team Trials for 17th IESF World Championships (WEC25)
• Nominations: Nominations are needed for 2025 AGM.
• Nominations: Nominations required by midnight,19 November 2025 for MSSA's Management Board Awards.
• Phygital: 2025 MSSA PHYGITAL EBASS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - 19 - 22 NOVEMBER 2025
• Readership: Member clubs are invited to post articles on MSSA's blog.
• Results - Northern Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships held on 25 January 2025.
• Team Trials: To qualify for National Team Trials to represent South Africa.
• Titles - Esports titles selected for all MSSA's Premier Provincial and National Championships - 2025.
• Titles -  Esports titles selected for all MSSA's 2025 High School and Primary School Championships and leagues.
• Titles - Esports titles selected for all MSSA's 2025 Student Championships.
• Transfers: Transfer season - 1 November 2024 to 28 February 2025
• WADA - WADA's 2025 Prohibited List and revised TDSSA

Jobs:

• Legal Counsel - Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team (Brackley)

Other news: 

• Chess - From Georgia with Love - 2018 FIDE Chess Olympiad 
  
• Chess - World Chess Olympiad in Batumi 2018 -n a book by Dr. Lyndon Boauh
• Western Cape - Table tennis rulebook now available in isiXhosa

Other African News:

• Benin - Assemblée Générale Constitutive : la Fédération Béninoise des Sports Électroniques (FBSE) mis sous les fonts baptismaux
• Botswana - Botswana has an esports Federation