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16 May 2025 – Banyana Banyana coach Dr Desiree Ellis has announced the squad that will face Zambia and Botswana in international friendlies to be played this month. The Sasol-sponsored South African senior women’s national team will play against Botswana on Wednesday, 28 May 2025, and then Botswana and Zambia will face off against each […]

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10 April 2025 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) has announced that the SA U17 Women’s National Team, Bantwana, will not participate in the upcoming U17 COSAFA Women’s Championship scheduled for Namibia from 10-17 May 2025. SAFA took this decision in an effort to help the players focus more on their education. The Association […]

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10 April 2025 – South African Under-20 men’s national team coach, Raymond Mdaka, has named the squad that will represent the country at the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) this month. The biennial African international youth football tournament will be held in Egypt from 27 April – 18 May 2025 and Senegal are […]

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08 April 2025 – African champions Banyana Banyana clawed their way back from a goal down to beat a determined Malawi 2-1 in an international friendly match played at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in Atteridgeville on Tuesday. Vanessa Chikupira stunned the small but passionate home crowd when she beat Banyana Banyana goalkeeper Kaylin Swart to […]

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7 April 2025 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) would like to congratulate our U17 men’s national team after they qualified for the FIFA U17 World Cup to be held in Qatar from 3–27 November 2025. Coach Vela Khumalo’s team achieved the feat after they finished as runners-up to Group B winners Burkina Faso […]

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07 April 2025 – Banyana Banyana will return to action for the second and final match of their international friendlies against Malawi on Tuesday, 8 April 2025, at Lucas Moripe Stadium in Atteridgeville, with kick-off scheduled for 15h00. After a dominant 3-0 win in the first match, the team will look to close out the […]

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6 March 2025 – The South African U17 men’s national team has qualified for the FIFA U17 World Cup to be held in Qatar from 3–27 November 2025. Coach Vela Khumalo’s side achieved the feat after they finished as runners-up to Group B winners Burkina Faso at the CAF U17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) […]

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6 April 2025 – Tuesday’s second international friendly match between Banyana Banyana and Malawi has been moved to Lucas Moripe Stadium in Atteridgeville. The two sides played the first of their two-match series at UJ Soweto Campus on Saturday afternoon and the venue was supposed to host the second meeting between the two sides on […]

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05 April 2025 – Banyana Banyana legend Noko Matlou took her final bow from the international stage as her teammates bid her farewell with a commanding 3-0 win against Malawi in an international friendly match played at a wet UJ Soweto Campus on Saturday afternoon. It was a fitting tribute for a player who has […]

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4 April 2025 – South African match officials Luxolo Badi, Akhona Makalima and Abongile Tom will officiate at the CAF U20 Africa Cup of Nations later this month. CAF has appointed Badi and Makalima as Referees while Tom will be assigned as a Video Assistant Referee. This year’s edition of the U20 AFCON will be […]

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04 April 2025 – African champions Banyana Banyana will take to the field at UJ Soweto Campus tomorrow, Saturday, 5 April 2025, in the first of two international friendlies against Malawi — a match that will also mark the farewell appearance of veteran Noko Matlou. Kick-off is at 15h00. This fixture carries added significance, as […]

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3 April 2025 – African champions Banyana Banyana are continuing preparations for their international friendlies against Malawi on Saturday and Sunday. Coach Dr Desiree Ellis’ Sasol-sponsored charges face Malawi at UJ Soweto Campus on Saturday, 5 April 2025 and return to the same venue on Tuesday, 8 April 2025 as part of their build-up to […]

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2 April 2025 – The Grannies International Tournament was launched at Nkowankowa Stadium in Limpopo on Wednesday, 2 April 2025. Guests from around the world descended on the province and 22 teams of grannies from different countries such as the United States of America, Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia, Togo, and South Africa will participate. Limpopo Premier […]

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02 April 2025 – African champions Banyana Banyana are hard at work ahead of their international friendlies against Malawi. Coach Dr Desiree Ellis’ Sasol-sponsored charges face the neighbouring country at UJ Soweto Campus on Saturday, 5 April 2025 and on Tuesday, 8 April 2025 in matches that are part of the team’s defence of their […]

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31 March 2025 – The South African Football’s (SAFA) Acting Head of Women’s Football, Dawn Lubisi, has launched the highly anticipated Women’s Football Strategy. Lubisi was appointed to the position on 1 November 2024 and has spent the past few months putting the finishing touches to a document that has been years in the making. […]

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29 March 2025 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) welcomes the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling, handed down on 25 March 2025, in which the court dismissed the Applicants’ (Ria Ledwaba and Solly Mohlabeng) application for leave to appeal on grounds that there are no reasonable prospects of success in the appeal, and that […]

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28 March 2025 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) has decided to postpone the NEC Meeting that was to be held this weekend to afford full support to the programmes of the national teams. An unprecedented number of national teams have been in camp in the last few weeks as we saw Bafana Bafana […]

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20 March 2025 – Banyana Banyana coach Dr Desiree Ellis has named a strong squad for next month’s friendly internationals against Malawi. The matches to be played on 5 and 8 April 2025 in Johannesburg are part of the Sasol-sponsored South African senior women’s national team’s preparations for the defense of their Women’s Africa Cup […]

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20 March 2025 – Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos says his charges will need to tread very carefully and exercise extreme caution when they host neighbours Lesotho in a FIFA World Cup qualifier at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, Limpopo, on Friday night. Broos said some of the surprise results that have come during […]

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21 March 2025 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) is saddened by the passing of respected sports executive Ashwin Trikamjee. Trikamjee passed away this week and was a prominent figure in the religious and legal communities. He also held numerous leadership roles in South African sport, including at SAFA and in the National Soccer […]

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21 March 2025 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) is proud to announce global technology brand, HONOR, as the exclusive technology devices sponsor of the South African men’s senior national team, Bafana Bafana. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in the convergence of cutting-edge technology and sports, ushering in a new era of innovation […]

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21 March 2025 – See Bafana Bafana player profiles ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Lesotho at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, Limpopo, on Friday 21 March 2025. Click on the link below: Bafana Bafana Player Profiles – 21 March 2025.pdf

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21 March 2025 – Bafana Bafana once again demonstrated their unyielding fighting spirit when they beat Lesotho 2-0 in a pulsating FIFA World Cup qualifier at a packed Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, Limpopo, on Friday night. A masterclass second half performance saw Relebohile Mofokeng open the scoring in the 60th minute following some fine […]

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22 March 2025 – South Africa’s U20 men’s national team delivered an impressive display on Saturday afternoon, securing a dominant 6-0 win over a determined Botswana side in the first of their two-match international friendlies at UJ Soweto Campus. The home side took control very early in the match, netting three goals in the first […]

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