South Africa

National flag carrier South African Airways has agreed to sponsor the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee through to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The Womens’ Professional Golfers’ Association of South Africa (WPGA) has secured telecommunications provider Cell C as the title sponsor of the South African Women’s Open.

South African football club Bloemfontein Celtic has agreed new sponsorship deals with Italian sportswear brand Kappa and Swazi funeral services company B3 Funerals and Insurance.

Multi-national law firm DLA Piper is to sponsor the South Africa men’s national hockey team for the duration of the 2014 Men’s Hockey World Cup.

Pay-television broadcaster SuperSport, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, is to sponsor the South Africa men’s national hockey team during the 2014 Men’s Hockey World Cup.

South African rugby union team Golden Lions has reached a deal to make telecommunications company Vox Telecom an associate sponsor.

German sportswear company Puma has announced it will continue as the official technical and apparel sponsor of South African Super Rugby team the Cheetahs until beyond the 2016 rugby union season.

South African holdings company MicroMega has reached an agreement to become an official sponsor of the Sharks Super Rugby franchise.

South African rugby union team Golden Lions has announced a three-year deal to make document solutions company Xerox its new title sponsor for the domestic Currie Cup tournament.

South African rugby union franchise Golden Lions has agreed a two-year sponsorship deal with Jonsson Workwear.

Cricket South Africa has announced a new partnership with optometrists group Spec-Savers.

Agricultural services and diversified foods group AFGRI has agreed a sponsorship deal with South African rugby union club Blue Bulls, which competes in the Super Rugby competition.

US sportswear company Nike has agreed a five-year partnership with the South African Football Association to become the governing body’s new technical sponsor from February 1.

British vehicle manufacturer Land Rover has agreed a three-year sponsorship deal with South African rugby union team Western Province

The South African arm of printing products and software company Kyocera Document Solutions has agreed a sponsorship deal with the Durban-based Sharks Super Rugby franchise.

South African professional services firm EY has announced a sponsorship agreement with the South African Football Association.

The South African Rugby Union has signed a two-year associate sponsorship contract with the national subsidiary of Korean electronics giant Samsung.

The Sharks have announced an apparel partnership with BLK which will see the sportswear brand produce kits for the South African Super Rugby franchise from January 2014 to December 2018.