Newlands Satellite Campus Now Home To Sports Management

GAME CHANGER: The Department of Sport Management has a new home at the Newlands Cricket Ground

Wednesday, 11 March 2026

It took well over a decade to realise, but Sport Management staff and students are officially in their new custom-built departmental home.

This week, Vice-Chancellor Prof Chris Nhlapo officially launched the new satellite campus, which is in the aspirational surrounds of the Newlands Cricket Ground.

Head of Department for Sports Management Associate Professor Brendon Knott says the prime location will be a game changer for their students.

“Being at the heart of a working sporting precinct introduces so many experiences and opportunities to the students. We are right here at Newlands Cricket ground, a place where international games are played, down the road you have an Olympic sized swimming pool, we are within radius of some of the top sporting schools in the country. The opportunities are plentiful,” he says.

Nhlapo congratulated the past and present Sports Management staff, like former HOD Prof Simeon Davies, for doggedly pursuing the dream of a dedicated space for the department.

“This opening us a major milestone which represents growth and the development of future sports leaders. Sports Management started as a very small entity in 2006, but seeing the growth and the potential our students have within the national and international sports space I see this satellite campus as being a major milestone. At CPUT we place a premium on innovation and it will flourish here,” he told the audience.

Director of Sports Development in the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (WC Government), Danielle Manuel emphasized that the new satellite campus was allowing opportunity to flourish.

“We are celebrating more than just a new academic space. We are celebrating a bridge between those early moments of participation and the future of sport leadership, science and innovation,” she says.

“If we want to change the future of sport, we must continue investing in the knowledge, leadership and partnerships that allow sport to contribute meaningfully to jobs, wellbeing and safety across our province.”

Written by Lauren Kansley
Email: KansleyL@cput.ac.za

Liaises with the media and writes press releases about interesting developments at CPUT.

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