24 April 2023 – Age cheating has become a widespread problem in African football with rogue schools, clubs and even parents sometimes complicit in forging players’ ages in order to gain an advantage on the pitch. SAFA’s commitment to fighting cheating via...
19 April 2023 – Inqaku, a sports technology company based in Gqeberha, and the South African Football Association (SAFA) are proud to announce that MYSAFA has surpassed a significant milestone of 1,25M player registrations, cementing its position as the most...
26 November 2022 – MYSAFA head of support Bantu Romeo Ngxolo was laid to rest today in his home village of Tentergate, EC, after passing on 12 November, in Despatch, EC. SAFA Head of Competitions Moremi Klip, spoke highly of Romeo’s contributions to football. “I...
14 November 2022 – After years of delays, FIFA has announced that the FIFA Clearing House (FCH) will launch on 16 November 2022. This is great news for South African football and SAFA clubs.. FIFA President Gianni Infantino spoke at the conclusion of the most recent...
23 Sept 2022 — By almost any measure SAFA’s National Registration System (NRS), MYSAFA, has been an unqualified success. Because SAFA embraced electronic player registration early on with the launch of MYSAFA in 2017, about 2% of all FIFA IDs issued worldwide...
08 July 2022 – In October 2018, the FIFA Council quietly endorsed a major reform in the football transfer system. The FIFA Clearing House (FCH) will centralize, process, and automate payments between clubs following an international transfer or first registration of a...
