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SAFA on Robert Marawa, SABC matters
3 August 2021 - SAFA wishes to express its disapproval following the termination of Robert Marawa’s contract with the public broadcaster SABC as this will hinder football development and professional profiling of the sport. Robert Marawa has over the years excelled as...
Hollywoodbets Super League action to resume of 7 August 2021
2 August 2021 – Following four weeks of inactivity in the Hollywoodbets Super League due to the rapid spread of infections relating to the delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, action is set to resume on 7 August 2021. This is following the move by the President of the...
SA U-23 Olympic dream shattered by Mexico
South Africa – 0 Mexico – 3 (Vega 18’ Romo 43’ Martin 60’) 28 July 2021 – South Africa finished bottom of the group after three losses at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. The u23s lost 1-0 to hosts Japan in the opening match, 4-3 to France before losing 3-0 to on...
Silly Season: What is the football transfer market and how exactly does it work?
27 July 2021 - With football firmly in the throngs of its “off-season”, friendly matches are the order of the day, as clubs all around the globe prepare in earnest for yet another grueling (2021/2022) season. Each new season brings with it new challenges and the next...
SA U-23 let it slip against France in Olympic match
France – 4 (Gignac 56’ 78’ 85’ Savenier 90) South Africa – 3(Kodisang 52’ Mokgopa 73’ Mokoena 82’) 25 July 2021 –The South African U-23 Olympic team lost 4 -3 to France in their second match of the Tokyo 2020 at Saitama Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The u23s on three...
Seasoned journalist Coudjoe Amankwaa passes on
24 July 2021 - The South African Football Association (SAFA) is devastated by the sudden passing away of seasoned journalist, Mr Coudjoe Amankwaa. Mr Amankwaa passed away (of cardiac arrest) at a Johannesburg Hospital on Friday, 23 July 2021. ‘’This is one of the...
SA U-23 narrowly lose opening match at Tokyo Olympics to hosts Japan
Japan……. (0) 1 (Takefuse Kubo 71min) South Africa..0 22 July 2021 –The South African U-23 Olympic team lost 1-0 to hosts Japan in their opening match of Tokyo 2020. The match was played at Tokyo Stadium in sweltering heat. A 71st minute wonderful goal by Takefusa Kubo...
Kaizer Chiefs duo join Olympic team
21 July 2021- The U23 Olympic team has been boosted with the arrival of Kaizer Chiefs duo Reeve Frosler and Nkosingiphile Ngcobo ahead of their opening match of the 2020 Olympics games against hosts Japan on 22 July 2021. Frosler and Ngcobo were part of the...
Congratulations
Dear Dr Jordaan and Adv Motlanthe - On behalf of the South African Rugby Union (SARU), I would like to offer our heartfelt congratulations to SAFA and the Bafana Bafana Team on clinching the 2021 COSAFA Cup by beating Senegal at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in...
MINISTER NATHI MTHETHWA UPBEAT FOLLOWING A WEEKEND OF SPLENDID SOUTH AFRICAN SOCCER
19 July 2021 - “Our nation’s founding democratically elected President, Tata Madiba, is widely quoted stating that ‘I never lose. I either win or learn’” said Minister Nathi Mthethwa as he reflected on South Africa’s performance on the soccer pitch this past weekend....
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