South Africa has earned nominations in five major women’s categories from seven they have been pitted in for the 2025 CAF Awards, announced on Friday.
Mzansi football has been on an upward trajectory for the past few years as Banyana Banyana won their maiden AFCON title back in 2022, while the Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies team secured two CAF Women’s Champions League titles as well as winning the CAF Club of the Year title in 2022 and 2023.
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On Friday, CAF announced the seven categories with South Africa being nominated in five of those.
Here’s a look at the categories:
𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 (𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻)
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 (𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻)
Banyana Banyana
𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 (𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻)
Desiree Ellis – Banyana Banyana head coach
𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 (𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻)
Bambanani Mbane – Banyana Banyana & Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies defender
𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 (𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻)
Andile Dlamini – Banyana Banyana & Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper
Nominees for the men’s categories will be announced in the coming days.
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