COSAFA U17 Latest News

Young defender Lyema Dopolo will leave SuperSport United at the end of June after eight years at the club. Dopolo joined SuperSport United at the age of 14 when he was scouted by the Tshwane giants. The Eastern Cape born represented South Africa junior internationals with flying colours after winning...

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have confirmed that South Africa's U17 side, Amajimbos, will partake at this year's TotalEnergies CAF Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations. After initially missing out on booking a spot for the continental showpiece, after going down to defending champions Zambia in the semis, South Africa...

Former Kaizer Chiefs winger Junior Khanye has bemoaned the lack of continuity in development football in South Africa blaming the system for how players young players get lost in it. 'Aghahowa' was an ambassador at the recently concluded 2024 COSAFA U17 Youth Championships staged in Gauteng. ALSO READ: Khanye Applauds Yeye...

Former South African junior international Junior Khanye has lauded the technical team that led the Amajimbos at the recently concluded COSAFA U17 Youth Championships. Amjimbos bench led by Vela Khumalo also had former professionals in Reneilwe “Yeye” Letsholonyana and Thabo Mngomeni as assistants with Khanye saying the duo’s influence in...

Amajimbos head coach Vela Khumalo admitted that it is painful that his side did not qualify for the U17 Africa Cup of Nations. The South African U17 side missed out on going to Ivory Coast in 2025 as they lost 2-1 to Zambia in the semi-finals of the COSAFA qualifiers...

The South Africa U17 national team suffered a 2-1 defeat against Zambia U17 to fall in the semi-finals of the Cosafa U17 Cup on Wednesday afternoon. It was an action-packed first half that brought two goals, two red cards and over 20 minutes of additional time played before the referee...

Amajimbos head coach Vela Khumalo is pleased with the result and not the performance from his side's narrow 3-2 victory over Mauritius in the COSAFA U17 Youth Championships in Auckland Park.South Africa raced into a comfortable 3-0 half-time lead courtesy of Sive Pama, Neo Bohloko and Omphemetse Sekgoto's strikes. ALSO...

South Africa have been eliminated from Cosafa U17 Girls Championship after a narrow 1-0 loss to Madagascar on Monday morning. After starting the tournament like a house on fire, beating Malawi 4-2, Bantwana then hammered Namibia 5-0 in their second match. ALSO READ: Witbooi Stars In Dominant Cosafa U17 OpenerBanyana...

South Africa's U17 advanced to the semi-final of the U17 COSAFA Cup after convincingly beating Comoros. After starting into the tournament with a 4-0 over Botswana in the opening match, they continued where they left off against Comoros.  Selwyn Stevens opened the scoring inside six minutes, making it 1-0 for Amajimbos...

South Africa U17 boys cruised nicely in the COSAFA Cup U17 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying opener beating Botswana by 4-0. The journey to the U17 AFCON that will be hosted in Ivory Coast next started on a high note for Amajimbos as they faced their neighbours Botswana in the...