A Northern Cape cricketer, Aubrey Swanepoel came out with flying colours during the 2018 Provincial Sport Awards. Swanepoel scooped the Sport Star of the Year and Sportsman of the Year Awards during a prestigious awards ceremony which was held at the Northern Cape theatre on Thursday, 04 October 2018. Northern Cape Chess player Zoe Milford was bestowed with a Sportswoman of the year award. Bonolo Lizwe was awarded a Sportsman of the year with disability in power lifting while Kgagamatso Masike was recognized as the Sportswoman of the year with disability for her sterling role in netball and football.
The Northern Cape Sport Awards is intended to recognise sportsmen and women who have excelled in their various sporting codes. It is aimed at honouring provincial sportsmen and women who have held the Northern Cape flag high. The ceremony will be celebrated under a theme “Today’s champions, tomorrow’s legends.”
MEC Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba also conferred three special awards in recognition of three sport legends of the province. The trio includes Tebogo William Sitole from the Northern Cape Boxing, Betsie Badenhorst from JTG Netball and Elize Vermeulen from ZFM's Netball. The Kuruman based Maruping United was recognised as a Team of the Year whileTazmiah Francis from Northern Cape Gymnastics was chosen as the Coach of the Year. Please see a list of awards winner below…
| CATERGORY | WINNER |
| Sports Star of the Year | Aubrey Swanepoel |
| Male Sportsman of teh Year | Aubrey Swanepoel |
| Sportswoman of the Year | Zoe Milford |
| Sportsman of the Year with Disability | Bonolo Lizwe |
| Sportswoman of the Year with Disability | Kgakgamatso Masike |
| Newcomer of the Year | Anele Setlhodi |
| Administrator of the Year | Neo Booysen |
| Coach of the Year | Tazmiah Francis |
| Referee of the Year | Nocawa Patience Seleka |
| Volunteer of the Year | Sylvia Witkoei |
| MEC Special Award – Legend recognition | Tebogo William Sitole |
| MEC Special Award – Legend recognition | Betsie Badenhorst |
| MEC Special Award – Legend recognition | Elize Vermeulen |
| Team of the Year None | Maruping United FC |
| School Team of the Year | Phillipvale Primary School |
| Development School Team of the Year | Kleinzee Primary School |
| School Sport Structure of the Year | PKS Schools Cricket Union |
| Journalist of the Year | Mosimaneotsile Mmusi |
| Stakeholder of the Year | Namakwa District Municipality |