18 October 2019 – South Africa’s Akhona Makhalima has been invited to the CAF Elite Women Referees Course to be held in Djibouti from 25 – 29 October 2019. She is part of 33 match officials (18 referees and 15 Assistant referees) that will take part in the course. The...
17 October 2019 – The South African flag will be flying high in the CAF Confederations Cup following the appointment of Eugine Nkosinathi Mdlule as the referee in the clash between Asante Kotoko (Ghana) and Football Club de San Pedro (Ivory Coast). The clash takes...
4 October 2019 – Two assistant referees have been sanctioned following some poor decisions, which have had an impact on the outcome of matches. Assistant Referee Mervyn van Wyk, who officiated during the Amazulu vs Kaizer Chiefs match on 24 September, has been...
27 September 2019 — The future of refereeing in South African football looks bright. This is according to SAFA’s Referees’ Head of Department, Tenda Masikhwa, who expressed his delight over the quality of officiating which has been on display at...
12 September 2019 – With just over a month before the start of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019 kicks off, the FIFA Referees Committee has appointed 20 trios of match officials, five Support Referees and 17 Video Assistant Referees (VARs), representing all...
29 August 2019 – Young referee, Eugene Mdluli, is one of the many South Africans flying his country’s flag high at the All Africa Games tournament in Morocco. But he is the only South African match official invited to the event. He will be blowing the whistle in the...
