The South African Football Association – Coaching

Final day of D-License coaching course

2 Monday 2019 - Today marked the final day of a D-License Coaching Course hosted by CAF Instructor Zunaid Mall in Lusaka, Zambia, as COSAFA continues to leave a lasting legacy across the Southern African region. The course was staged ahead of the 2019 COSAFA Men’s...

SAFA to conduct C and D License Coaching courses in October and November

2 October 2019 - The South African Football Association (SAFA) will be conducting some coaching courses in the months of October and November in different regions across the country. Below are the confirmed dates, venues and contact persons for the various courses:...

Pilot D-License coaching course underway in Upington

20 August 2019 - The South African Football Association (SAFA) in conjunction with Lotto SA have commenced a pilot 8-day D License coaching course in the Northern Cape town of Upington. The Upington coaching course is an all women affair. The experimental course will...

SAFA conducts eight-day coaching course for aspiring women coaches

20 August 2019 - The South African Football Association (SAFA) coaching department is currently hosting a SAFA D License course for women which is funded by the national lottery. The eight-day SAFA D License course kicked off this past Saturday, 17 August with 27...

SAFA Coaching D Licence all-women course a success

21 June 2019 -- SAFA Coaching D Licence Course facilitator Keneilwe 'Maestro' Mathibela says she is pleased with how her students' practicals went, adding that they showed great understanding of the material they had learned throughout the week in class. These...

SAFA C License Coaching Course Dates

19 June 2019 – The South African Football Association (SAFA), has announced its next coaching course. The July and August coaching course calendar sees the SAFA C License making a return for coaches who possess an official SAFA D License Coaching qualification. Since...

June/July coaching course calendar announced

12 June 2019 – The South African Football Association’s Coaching Education department has announced it’s coaching course dates for the month of June with the first course already in full swing in the SAFA Tshwane region. A total of seven SAFA D License coaching...

INTRODUCING MYSAFA CLUB PRO: A GAME-CHANGING INITIATIVE FROM FIFA, SAFA AND MYSAFA

6 June 2019 - With MYSAFA being integrated with FIFA with FIFA’s Transfer Matching System and FIFA Connect ID platform, SA amateur football clubs will become some of the first to benefit from international transfer system reforms re-shaping the way solidarity payments...

Where does the CAF Coaching licensing system leave the SAFA systems of levels?

10 April 2019 - Despite earlier attempts to address the concerns of coaches regarding the implications of CAF Coaching License system on the SAFA system of levels, we continue to receive serious concerns that border on fear and stress. It is important to remind and...

Mdaka applauds SAFA for empowering female coaches

03 April 2019 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) is on the right track in unearthing undiscovered female coaches throughout the country. This is according to SAFA’s coaching instructor and course leader, Raymond Mdaka, who is currently working with a...