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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...

Bafana Bafana legend Doctor Khumalo has called the standoff between Banyana Banyana players and SAFA a disgrace, adding he fought hard for the success of football in the country to be recognised globally.   Banyana's World Cup-bound squad refused to play their farewell friendly against Botswana at Tsakane Stadium on...

Banyana Banyana are stuck in a tussle with the South African Football Association (SAFA) and its president Dr. Danny Jordaan, which is playing out ahead of the proposed friendly match against Botswana on Sunday. The 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations winners were supposed to be sent off at Tsakane...

SAFA are in the middle of the crisis as Banyana Banyana are refusing to play against Botswana at Tsakane Stadium in the friendly match on Sunday (3pm). According to a source, the players are unhappy at the choice of the venue this time around unlike in 2019. Ahead of the 2019...

The South African Football Association president Danny Jordaan has rubbished a petition that alleges he is corrupt and accuses SAFA of the misuse of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust, and has confirmed that the association is taking the said person to court. A report written by Bart Henderson...

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has confirmed they are one step closer to implementing the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in local football. SAFA announced on Tuesday that they are waiting to hear from FIFA after sending an official letter which provided "itemised costs of the programme including those of...

South African football Association (SAFA) president Danny Jordaan says he was left hurt by the media talks that Bafana Bafana players were not paid their monies for the March FIFA break. Bafana qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ivory Coast next year during the March international break...

In the build-up to the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the South African Football Association (SAFA) has revised the fixtures for Hollywoodbets Super League. The rules say, if a team has three or more players called up to the national team their club’s fixture is postponed. This means that defending champions...