A well-defined organizational structure is in place through which cycling for people with physical disabilities and visual impairment is controlled and coordinated. The structure extends across a number of levels, which are shown in the diagram that follows. 

The various clubs for senior and junior cyclists, which are active throughout the various regions of South Africa, represent the foundation of the organizational structure. Cyclists are required to be members of a recognized club affiliated either to the Western Province Sports Association for the Physically Disabled (WPSAPD) or to Cycling South Africa in order to participate in any provincial, national or international event. WPSAPD is affiliated to the South African Sports Association for the Physically Disabled (SASAPD). 

Within the Cape Town precinct a Cycling Convenor, appointed by the WPSAPD Executive is responsible for the coordination of cycling activities between the various clubs. In time, this position will also reside within the Para-cycling Commission of Cycling South Africa, as SASAPD's cycling oversight function becomes integrated with the national cycling federation structure, Cycling South Africa. It is also at this level that affiliations may be established with cycling clubs focusing on special groups of athletes, for example, the SA Tandem Association for the Blind. 

At the national level, the Executive of the South African Sports Association for the Physically Disabled, including the visually impaired, (SASAPD) is responsible for the administration and development of cycling across the various regions. Serving under the SASAPD President, the overall responsibility for this is assigned to a Sports Convenor who coordinates the activities of a range of convenors for different sports codes, including cycling. 

In response to a mandate from the international cycling body, the International Cycling Union (UCI), there must be integration of the administration and development of cycling for people with physical disabilities and visual impairment with the national federation responsible for cycling in each country. In South Africa, this organization exists as Cycling South Africa (CSA). Integration does not imply the total 'takeover' of cycling by CSA from SASAPD. SASAPD will always have a key role in oversight and advocacy regarding the interests of the class of cyclists for which it has long been responsible. Integration with CSA does, however, offer significant potential benefits for cyclists, for example, in the form of access to the facilities and infrastructure of CSA - whilst they continue to enjoy the oversight benefits provided by SASAPD, for example, in specialist areas of classification and understanding of the particular needs of cyclists with physical disabilities and visual impairment. 

Integration is expected to occur as a transition, rather than a sudden change. In this regard, attention is expected to focus first on senior cyclists, with a shift in responsibility for administration expected to occur between 2010 and 2012. For the foreseeable future, junior cycling will continue to be administered by SASAPD. 

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee  (SASCOC) plays a key linking role between the activities of the SASAPD and CSA and the international sports bodies. At this level, most sports for people with physical disabilities and visual impairment, including cycling, are coordinated by SASCOC. This body is responsible, for example, for decision-making regarding team selections for international events (World Championships, Paralympic Games). In this regard, SASAPD and CSA propose teams for SASCOC's consideration. It is also at this top level of the national organizational structure that South Africa’s Department of Sport and Recreation (SRSA) plays a key role in terms of sports governance. 

International bodies with which cycling links are established include the International Cycling Union (UCI), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC),