[1] Track and field athlete Caster Semenya was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.

Both the men and women Hockey teams has qualified for the games.

[3] South Africa qualified a netball team by virtue of being ranked in the top 11 (excluding the host nation, Australia) of the INF World Rankings on July 1, 2017.

[4][5][6] The following is the South Africa roster in the netball tournament of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

South Africa qualified a men's team of 12 athletes by being among the top nine ranked nations from the Commonwealth in the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series ranking.

The gold and silver medalist of Africa would then automatically qualify for the 2018 games.