Sakoyisa Makata (born (1998-09-10)10 September 1998) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team, where his regular position is a forward.

Makata attended Stirling High School in East London, where he played rugby for the school's first team, also representing Border at the Under-18 Craven Week in 2016.

[1] He joined the SA Rugby Sevens Academy in 2017 and also played for Western Province U19 in the 2017 Under-19 Provincial Championship[2] and for Western Province U21 in the 2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

[4] In February 2019, He was named in the Blitzboks squad for the Las Vegas Sevens,[1] and he made his debut in their opening match in that tournament, a 26–0 victory over Japan.

[5] Makata was part of the South African team that won their second Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham in 2022.