CURRICULUM VITAE: SANETTE SMIT

1971 Commenced Karate training

1974 1st Dan Black Belt (December 1974)

1975 - 1979 Northern Transvaal Female Karate Champion
Secretary of the Northern Transvaal Karate Association

1976 Sports Merit Award (Karate female person of the year presented by Minister Piet Koornhof

1977 2nd Dan Black Belt(December 1977)

1979 - 1984 Western Province Female Karate Champion

1980 First female in South Africa to qualify for National Referee

1980 3rd Dan Black Belt(December 1980)

1981 - 1984 Member of the South African Karate Team, which competed in the SA Games in Cape Town, Taiwan, USA and Europe
Secretary of the Western Province Union of Karate

1984 4th Dan Black Belt(December 194)

1985 - 1987 Demo 85 and 87 - Karate shows choreographed to music - first ever in South Africa

1987 Cycled from Cape Town to Pretoria

1988 5th Dan Black Belt(December 1988)

1990 Cycled from Cape Town to Swakopmund, Namibia in a month to raise funds for the Crohns and Colitis Association

1991 Appointed steering member and executive member of the Unified Karate Association of the Western Province
Demo 91 - third musical karate show

1992 - 1997 Steering Committee & Executive Committee of the Karate Association of the Western Province

1995 6th Dan Black Belt(December 1995)
Elected female coach and manager of the National Women's Team for the Women's World Cup, France (WKF Sanctioned)
Assistant coach of the Western Province All-styles Karate team

1996 Co-ordinator of the Interim Committee of the NSC (WP) Women's Desk
Executive member of the National Sports Council (WP)
Received joint "Woman in Sport" award by the NSC (WP)
Joint-chairperson of the Women's Forum of the Karate Association of South Africa

1996 - 2001 Coach of the WP Senior All-Styles Karate Team
Co-opted onto the Executive Committee of the Karate Association of South Africa

1996 - 2002 Chairperson of the Women's Forum of South Africa

1997 Vice-chairperson of the NSC (WP)
Re-elected Coach of the WP Senior All styles Karate team
Elected Coach/,Manager, of the S A Senior Women's Karate Team which participated in the 2nd International Female Karate Championships in Tokyo, Japan (WKF sanctioned)

1998 Shoprite Checkers/SABC Woman of the Year (Sports Category) Award
Karate Coach of the Year Award by the Karate Association of South Africa

1999 Publication of "The South African Women's Guide to Self-defence"

2001 International publication of "Karate, the essential guide to mastering the Art".(Spanish translation also available.)

2003 7th Dan Black Belt - highest graded woman in Africa (December 2003)

2003 Implemented the Self Defence and Rape Prevention programme for female learners in disadvantaged schools. Programme sponsored by Shoprite

2004 Awarded the Presidents Award from the Karate Association of the Western Province

2004 to 2007 Member of the Executive Committee of Karate South Africa
Chairperson, Women's Forum of Karate South Africa

2005 Elected Tournament Director for the Karate Association of the Western Province

2006 Awarded the Presidents Award from the Karate Association of the Western Province

2006 Appointed as the Chief Instructor of Funakoshi Karate South Africa and Funakoshi Karate International Federation

2006 Coach and Manager for Karate South Africa Women's Team that competed in the Costa Smeralda World Challenge, Ladies Cup, Sardinia, Italy

2007 Team Manager for the Karate South Africa Junior and Cadet team participating in the WKF Junior and Cadet Championships, Istanbul, Turkey

2007 Awarded Administrator of the year by the Karate Association of the Western Province

2007 Appointed onto the World Karate Federation Gender Equity Committee

1992 - 2008 Steering committee member of the Karate Association of the Western Province

2008 Executive member of Karate South Africa

2008 Received the "Sport Legends" award in the Western Cape by Minister Cameron Dugmore Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport