Parkour South Africa Governance Structure:
PKSA aim to represent and govern the sport of parkour in South Africa. We aim to do this through a national and provincial structures.
The PKSA National Board is made up of elected officials from each of the 9 provinces of South Africa. The National Board is made up of 3 Executive Directors and 9 Provincial representatives elected to the Board during a National General Meeting or Annual General Meeting. Only full members can vote on a national level.
Each Provincial Board is elected as directors from their provincial constituency/members during their Provincial General Meetings or Annual General Meetings. Both full and Affiliate members can vote on the provincial level for their board members.
Membership:
As a growing sport and discipline in the country Parkour South Africa is now registering members. Membership is subject to the PKSA Constitution Article 24 – 29 of the PKSA Articles of Association.
There are 2 classes of membership;
- Class 1: Full membership*
- Full membership is a paid membership and is divided up into 4 categories;
- Parkour Parks or Gyms
- Parkour Academy
- Teams
- Athlete
- Full membership entitles the member to voting rites for the PKSA board and policy decisions at the Annual General Meeting and General Meetings for both provincial and national structure.
- Full membership is a paid membership and is divided up into 4 categories;
- Class 2: Affiliate Membership
- Affiliate membership is free and has 2 categories
- Individual Practitioners
- Non-professional Teams/groups/crews
- Affiliate membership entitles the member to voting rites on a provincial level but NOT on a national level
- Affiliate membership is free and has 2 categories
*Membership is subject to Article 29 of the PKSA Articles of Association. Membership is currently free for both Full and Affiliate membership until further notice by the PKSA Board.
