10 April 2018 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) will host their first ever Medical Symposium set for next month (19 May) at SAFA House. Led by the SAFA Chief Medical Officer, Dr Thulani Ngwenya, who is also the Bafana Bafana Medical Doctor, the one-day...
19 October 2017 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) in close partnership with Netcare will be rolling out first aid training to the 52 SAFA regions across the country starting from the month of October. With the recent rise of cardiac arrest...
18 September 2017 – Doping refers to an athlete’s use of prohibited drugs or methods to improve training and sporting results. Steroids are the drugs that often come to mind when we talk about doping, but doping also includes an athlete’s use of...
22 August 2017 – Let’s face it – at the end of the day, to most fans around the world, football is football! All that matters are the players, our favourite teams and the number of goals scored. However, how much attention do we really pay to the...
Staff members of the South African Football Association (SAFA) took time off their busy schedules to participate in the SAFA Staff Wellness Day. Following recent untimely death of some staff members, the Wellness Day was suggested by SAFA CEO, Dennis Mumble to ensure...
Avoiding injury ensures higher player availability and allows coaches to have the most complete squad available for training and to select from. The theme of the 3 days 26th International Conference in Sports Rehabilitation and Traumatology which was held in...
