SAFA President Dr Danny Jordaan has described the late Bafana Bafana legend Phil Masinga as a rare breed. ‘Chippa’, as Masinga was popularly known in football circles, passed away at a Johannesburg hospital on Sunday morning at the age of 49. He was admitted to Tshepong Hospital in Klerksdorp two months ago before he was
A number of teams from the COSAFA region will be involved in African club competition this weekend as the group stages of the Champions League and the final play-off round of the Confederation Cup take centre-stage. South African champions Mamelodi Sundowns begin their Group A campaign in the elite competition with a tricky away tie
FIFA have confirmed that the global governing body have put in place a ‘normalisation committee’ to run the affairs of the Namibia Football Association until elections can be held for a new NFA Executive Committee. The term of the previous Executive Committee has lapsed and FIFA want to ensure the smooth transition to elections to
COSAFA would like to extend our congratulations to South Africa coach Desiree Ellis and forward Thembi Kgatlana for their victories at the Confederation of African Football awards ceremony in Dakar on Tuesday. Ellis was named African Women’s Coach of the Year after leading Banyana Banyana to the COSAFA Women’s Championship title and the silver medal
Egypt have been awarded the right to stage the 2019 African Nations Cup finals after beating South Africa in a straight shoot-out between the only two bidders to replace original hosts Cameroon. Egypt won the support of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) executive committee after they voted in favour of the North African nation
Namibia Premiership champions African Stars reignite their African journey on Saturday when they host CAF Confederations Cup defending champions Raja Casablanca of Morocco at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in the 2018/19 CAF Confederations Cup. Stars, who narrowly lost to Orlando Pirates of South Africa in December to bow of out the CAF Champions League in
South Africa international Thembi Kgatlana has been nominated for the Confederation of African Football Goal of the Year for her stunning winner against Nigeria at the African Women’s Championship in Ghana last year. Kgatlana, who has also been nominated for CAF Women’s Player of the Year, is up against a host of men and women
One of South Africa’s heroes from their COSAFA Under-20 Championship victory in Zambia this year, Lyle Foster, has won a dream move to French Ligue 1 side Monaco. The Orlando Pirates teenager finished joint top-scorer with five goals on his way to helping South Africa lift the title, as he had the year before in
The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has spelt out the roadmap for the 2019 season with the Charity Shield kicking off on January 26, 2019. FAZ Vice President Rix Mweemba has also given a breakdown of how the transition into the 2019/2020 season will be done. FAZ has embraced the CAF/FIFA directive to align the
South African Thembi Kgatlana has been nominated for the African Women’s Player of the Year as she goes up against two Nigerians for the top honour on the continent. Kgatlana was a revelation as South Africa finished second at the African Women’s Championship in Ghana last month and also played a leading role as the
