Netball South Africa has appointed Modiegi Komane as its new Chief Executive Officer.
She says her aim is to commercialise netball by the end of her tenure.
Komane takes over from Blanche de la Guerre, who had served the federation for close to two decades in different capacities.
Last year NSA opened up applications for the CEO position, but later decided that De la Guerre would continue in the position until after the Netball World Cup in Cape Town.
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Komane is a former CEO of the Black Business Council in the Built Environment and has already started working for NSA. She was part of the recent Netball SA’s Sponsorship Forum and will join the Spar Proteas in Australia for the three test matches against the World Cup-winning side from 26-31 October.
“You can’t professionalise netball unless you have commercialised it,” said Komane. “We cannot live on handouts, we cannot just live on sponsors and partners. We cannot live on membership and grants from the government. We have got the take-off, we have created the economy on its own. The clothing manufacturing, the hospitality, there’s sound and production, that is a lot of economy right there. We want to participate in the mainstream economy, it is not about the game only. It is about us, the money must be inside and no longer going outside.”
