A total of 19 athletes have been included in the South African team for the championships to be held in Guangzhou, China from 10 – 11 May 2025.

The national squad will compete in four events at the Guangzhou 25, including the men’s 4x100m, the men’s and women’s 4x400m and the mixed 4x400m.

The men’s 4x100m team will be anchored by national 100m record holder Akani Simbine, who earned bronze in the 60m final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing earlier this year.

Simbine will be joined by junior sensation and fellow rising star , both of whom were in the sprint relay team that earned South Africa the silver medal at last year’s Olympic Games in Paris, as well as national 200m champion , and .

The men’s 4x400m team features SA one-lap champion , world junior 400m champion , former world junior champion , and . Nene, Pillay and Isaacs all formed part of the quartet that earned silver in the 4x400m event at the World Athletics Relays in Bahamas last season.

The women’s 4x400m relay team will be led by national one-lap champion , and she will be joined by hurdles specialists and , as well as , Precious Molepo and Jada van Staden.

Isaacs, Coetzee and Nekhubui will also turn out in the mixed 4x400m event, along with Leendert Koekemoer, who broke the SA U20 men’s 400m record when he clocked 45.03 seconds at the ASA Senior Track and Field Championships in Potchefstroom last week.

Final entries for the World Athletics Relays were submitted by Athletics South Africa on 21 April 2025 to World Athletics. As a result, performances from the national senior championships in Potchefstroom could not be taken into account.

A training camp for the national squad is planned from 3-6 May 2025 at the University of Johannesburg.

The team captains are Akani Simbine (men) and Zeney Geldenhuys (women).

“We are excited about the prospects of this national team based on how some of our athletes have been doing well so far in their build ups since the year began,” observed James Moloi, the President of Athletics South Africa. “A lot is expected from the team as a result of their performances this far.

“The athletes are obviously highly motivated and largely boosted by our successes at this global championships last year. We congratulate all athletes who have made it to the team and it is their opportunity to prove that they were selected to add numbers. We ask God to lead them and we also wish them an enjoyable competition in China.”