🏀 Tournament Championships

AISJ Tournament Champions

U18 Girls – 2025

JBA Chairman’s Cup

Senior Men & Senior Ladies – 2025

Cape Town Youth Day Classic

U18 Girls & Boys – 2025

RBS Kings Cup

U16 & U18 Boys, U18 Girls – 2025

Eagles League Champions

U18 Girls & Boys – 2025

Junior NBA U14 Girls

Champions – 2025

📚 Academic Excellence

• 100% Matric Pass Rate (2025) – All SBA matriculants passed National Senior Certificate examinations.
• Tinyiko Maseko – Full scholarship to Maritzburg College.
• Additional scholarship placement offered for a male athlete (2025).
• Academic mentoring and school liaison programmes across 25 schools.

• Life skills & leadership workshops embedded in academic support.
• Preparation for tertiary education, bursaries, and employment pathways.

❤️ Community Impact

• SBA Community Soup Kitchen – Launched Mandela Day 2025, serves 200+ individuals daily, three times per week.
• Container kitchen donated by Jabulani Mall; monthly grocery sponsorship from NBA Cares.
• Support from Pick ’n Pay and Steers.

• Basketball 4 Change expanded to 25 schools.
• Community clean‑up initiatives and sports clinics.
• Partnerships with Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre and Klipspruit Sports Centre.

🌟 Individual & International Recognition

National Colours

3 athletes achieved national colours in 2025.

Giants of Africa Team South Africa

2 athletes selected in 2025.

MVP & All‑Star Selections

Multiple individual awards across tournaments.

🤝 Governance & Partnerships

• Two new basketball courts at Morris Isaacson High School (donated by Code South Africa).
• Official broadcast partnership with SuperSport Schools for the Uprising Tournament.
• Lead Implementing Partner for the Gauteng SEF Consortium (13 organisations, 170 participants).

• Corporate partners: PUMA, Energade, Tysys Capital Group.
• Institutional partners: The Learning Trust, Phuthanang Youth Trust, Jabulani Mall, NBA Cares.
• New multi‑sport partnerships: Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre, Klipspruit Sports Centre.

📅 Milestones Timeline

• 2010s: Academy founded in Soweto.
• 2017: Long‑term partnership with Phuthanang Youth Trust begins.
• 2024: Two new courts built at Morris Isaacson High School.
• 2025: 100% Matric Pass Rate; SBA Community Soup Kitchen launched; SEF Consortium expanded; Uprising Tournament broadcast on SuperSport.
• 2026 and beyond: Expanding tournament to regional Southern African event; scaling academic programmes.

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