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As South African Football Association (SAFA) has laid charges against Bart Henderson for circulating defamatory statements and starting a petition against the association, its president Dr Danny Jordaan and CFO Gronie Hluyo, the forensic investigator says he's not worried. Henderson feels he has rattled the association, with Jordaan having told...

The South African Football Association have confirmed that they will take forensic investigator Bart Henderson to court for defamation. Just days after SAFA announced a new partnership with 10Bet, and their public row with the Banyana Banyana players, the football mother body called another press conference on Friday morning in...

The South African Football Association have confirmed that the row between the association and Banyana Banyana ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup has finally been resolved. SAFA and Banyana - supported by the South African Football Players Union (SAFPU) - clashed over the week over several issues, including...

Bafana Bafana legend Doctor Khumalo has lambasted SAFA NEC members saying they should be concerned with running football right and stop insulting those who dare express their opinions on how they are currently running the game. This comes at the back of Banyana Banyana’s boycott of their farewell match to...

The province of Limpopo, along with its professional wing, Sports Confederation, was interested in hosting Banyana Banyana’s farewell match on Sunday before the FIFA World Cup kicked off late this month, but SAFA apparently had other ideas. As they wrote to SAFA, who did not open the bid for the...

Bart Henderson, who SAFA are taking to court for accusing the president Danny Jordaan of misusing the 2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust, has hit back at the mother body’s president. Jordaan, in an article published by this website, labelled Henderson as “white man who is right wing Afrikaner who...

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has confirmed that SAFA's Executive wanted to expel Banyana Banyana's World Cup-bound players for boycotting the FIFA World Cup warm-up friendly match against Botswana at Tsakane Stadium on Sunday. Lesufi, who intervened to solve the impasse, read a document highlighting concerns from players, who said the...

The South African Football Association (SAFA) CEO Lydia Monyepao says she is hopeful the highly publicised row with Banyana Banyana will be resolved by midday on Tuesday. It's been confirmed the standoff was due to the 'displeasure' of having to play Botswana, which SAFA saw as a team of calibre,...

The South African Football Association (SAFA) have announced that 10Bet has become the new official betting partner of Bafana Bafana. A day after SAFA clashed with Banyana Banyana and are yet to make an official statement on the matter, the football mother body had invited journalists for an important announcement. Two...

SAFA and Banyana Banyana will hold showdown meetings before the players leave the country on Tuesday and Wednesday to participate in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand to solve outstanding issues, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has confirmed. This was confirmed by the Premier of Gauteng after...