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Two South African match officials Abongile Tom and Akhona Makalima have been named for the CAF Super Cup final between Al Ahly SC and Zamalek SC. The duo has been doing a lot of international football in recent years, and in January formed part of the three South African match...

Thirteen referees have been selected for the first phase of preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and South African referee Abongile Tom has made the cut. Tom has been doing an outstanding job on the African continent, having officiated in the African Nations Championship, the CAF Champions League, the...

South African match officials Abongile Tom and Akhona Makalima will be involved in Sunday's last 16 games at the African Cup Of Nations. Highly rated Tom will be officiating his third match in the AFCON finals after making his debut two weeks ago in a 1-1 draw between Nigeria and...

Highly-rated South African referee Abongile Tom will take charge of Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations match between Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea - which will be his first-ever AFCON match. Tom can look back at an impressive year 2023, where he was part of the CHAN referee, the FIFA U20...

South Africa's highly rated official Abongile Tom has been listed as one of 26 referees that will officiate in the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ivory Coast between next month and February.   Tom will be joined by Akhona Makalima from South Africa, who will be part of the...

South African match officials Abongile Tom and Zakhele Siwela have been appointed to officiate Esperance vs TP Mazembe in the African Football League (AFL) on Thursday. Despite some controversy regarding South African match officials in the domestic football of late, the two officials have been appointed to be in charge...

Junior Khanye has spoken about referee Abongile Tom’s performance in the MTN 8 final between Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns at the Moses Mabhida stadium on Saturday. Pirates won the final 3-1 in a penalty shoot after the match ended goalless in 120 minutes. The former Kaizer Chiefs winger says...

South African referees Abongile Tom, Zakhele Siwela and Akhona Makalima have been invited for the Africa Cup of Nations finals course, CAF confirmed. All three of them have a big chance to represent Mzansi at the African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast next year. The highly-rated trio has been in...

Former FIFA referee Ace Ncobo has clarified the meaning of the 'crossbones' gesture used by referee Abongile Tom in Saturday's Soweto Derby. Tom was seen crossing his arms ahead of his chest in the 44th minute of the match after Bandile Shandu had clashed with Reeve Frosler in the 43rd...

The Confederation of African Football has given 25 match officials professional contracts, including two South African referees.  CAF took another step towards growing African football after giving 25 match officials contracts, 20 males and five females, pro contracts. The match officials were informed three days ago by CAF, and the contracts...