Cameron van der Burgh will be vying for the sportsman of the year award with sprinter Akani Simbine and volleyball's Dalane Dube.
Caroline Wostmann - the 2015 winner of both the Comrades Marathon and the Two Oceans Marathon - will face archer Jeanine van Kradenburg and table tennis player Danisha Patel.
The winners of the different categories will be named at a ceremony on October 11.
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