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Bantwana bow out of FIFA WC
21 November 2018 - The South African national U17 team, Bantwana put out a gallant fight in their 4-1 loss to Brazil at Estadio Charrúa on Montevideo on Tuesday in the third and final Group B match at the U-17 FIFA Women's World Cup. Goals from Jheniffer, Julia,...
Sasol launches its first Sasol League commentator search
21 November 2018. As part of empowering women in football through their ongoing #Limitless initiative, Sasol and the South African Football Association (SAFA) have launched the first Sasol League commentator search in the hopes of discovering two of the best female...
Tau to the rescue as Bafana Bafana hold Paraguay to share NMC trophy
South Africa…………..1 Paraguay……………….1 20 November 2018 – Reliable Percy Tau scored a last gasp goal as Bafana Bafana and Paraguay shared the spoils in the Nelson Mandela Centenary Celebration Challenge match played at the wet Moses Mabhida Stadium on Tuesday, 20...
Banyana Banyana defender celebrates 50th cap
20 November 2018 – While the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana squad was celebrating their famous and hard-fought 1-0 win over bitter rivals, Nigeria, in the first match of the 2018 Women’s AFCON, one of the heroines of the victory, Lebohang Ramalepe, was quietly...
SAFA mourns passing on of Burgers
20 November 2018 - SAFA Cape Town is mourning the passing away of honorary member and former President, Errol Burgers (pictured) who passed away on Tuesday morning at Christian Barnard Memorial hospital after suffering from stroke last week. He was 71. Mr Burgers...
Siwela to run a FIFA Club WC fitness test
20 November 2018 – Assistant Referee, Zakhele Siwela has been invited by FIFA to run a fitness test on 20 November 2018, building up to this year’s FIFA Club World Cup set to take in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The fitness test will take place at Germiston Stadium...
Listen: Banyana Banyana head coach says they have to remain level headed against Equatorial Guinea
20 November 2018 - Head coach of the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana, Desiree Ellis, says she won't allow complacency to creep in when they face Equatorial Guinea in the second match of the 2018 Women's AFCON currently underway in Ghana. South Africa is in second...
SAFA Pres address at NMCF dinner at ICC in Durban
20 November 2018 - Dear Guests and friends, We are paying tribute tonight to an icon of South Africa. No doubt, that the dinner tonight and the football match tomorrow will bring South Africans closer together, contribute to promote their values and principles through...
Match against Paraguay will give youngsters experience, Baxter
19 November 2018 -Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter has praised his players for the great unity within the camp. Speaking ahead of Tuesday, 20 November 2018 Nelson Mandela Challenge match against South American side Paraguay at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Baxter said team...
SAFA hosts a successful first aid workshop in CT
19 November 2018 – SAFA’s Netcare First Aid Programme instructor, Thabo Maphoso, could not hide his joy over the practical application his students showed following a successful one-week first aid workshop, which took place in Cape Town. It is in the knowledge that...
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