Gomes & Siwela invited to AFCON Referees Preparation workshop

23 April 2019 – With the 2019 AFCON tournament fast approaching, SAFA referees, Victor Gomes and Zakhele Siwela have been invited to the tournament’s referee workshop set to take place in Rabat, Morocco. The week-long workshop, which will be spearheaded by CAF’s...

Listen: Damon appointed FIFA Referee Development Officer for Africa

18 April 2019 – Former World Cup referee Jerome Damon has been appointed FIFA’s Referee Development Officer for Africa. Damon will be working alongside another official from Rwanda and both will cover the continent. He has had to quit his job of 17 years as a teacher...

SA officials to officiate CAF Champions League semi-final encounter

17 April 2019 –Top referee Victor Gomes alongside assistant referee Zakhele Siwela and fourth official Eugine Mdluli have been appointed to officiate in the CAF Champions League semi-final second leg tie between TP Mazembe of DR Congo and E.S.T from Tunisia. The match...

CAF VAR Workshop comes to close

1 April 2019 — CAF’s Referees Committee Member and Gabon Football Federation President, Pierre-Alain Mounguengui, applauded SAFA and IFAB for the smooth running of last week’s CAF VAR Workshop which ended on Saturday, 30 March. This workshop, which...

Gomes to officiate in a CAF Confed Cup QF tie

28 March 2019 – Victor Gomes has been appointed to serve as a referee in the upcoming 2018/19 CAF Confederation Cup quarterfinal first leg tie between Club Sportif Sfaxien and Nkana FC. That match will take place on 14 April 2019 at Sfax-Stade Taieb Mhiri in Tunisia....

VAR is the future in refereeing – Damon

27 March 2019 – The VAR system will play a massive part in helping match officials to make more accurate decisions in incidences which might require a second glance review before a final decision is taken in match. This is according to CAF Referee Instructor,...