| Sako Makata | |
| Fullname: | Sakoyisa Makata |
| Birth Date: | 10 September 1998 |
| School: | Stirling High School, East London |
| Position: | Wing |
| Youthyears1: | 2016 |
| Youthyears2: | 2017–2018 |
| Years1: | 2023– |
| Repyears1: | 2019–present |
| Repteam1: | South Africa Sevens |
| Repcaps1: | 16 |
| Reppoints1: | 60 |
| Clubupdate: | 18 April 2019 |
| Repupdate: | 18 April 2019 |
Sakoyisa Makata (born 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 in the 2017 Under-19 Provincial Championship[2] and for in the 2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship.[3]
After playing for the Sevens Academy side from 2017 to 2019, Makata was also included in the South Africa national sevens squad prior to the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.[4] In February 2019, He was named in the Blitzboks squad for the Las Vegas Sevens, 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.[6] [7] [8] [9]