# Sports news: Olympic swimming champion Tatjana Smith, sprinter Akani Simbine and sprint and long jump star Mpumelelo Mhlongo are competing to be named South Africa’s sport star of the year for 2024. Athletes have been nominated in 16 categories for the South African Sport Awards, being announced on the 24th. The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture also named Smith in the sportswoman of the year category, together with Proteas Women cricket captain Laura Wolvaardt. Springbok rugby star Pieter-Steph du Toit was nominated for sportsman of the year.
Sports news: Smith, Wolvaardt, Du Toit among nominations for SA Sport Awards