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The 2023 Hollywoodbets Super League season kicks off this weekend with all 16 clubs in action. Last season’s debutants City Lads host rookies TS Galaxy Queens at Isaac Wolfson Stadium at 15:00. Galaxy acquired the status of Vasco Da Gama last month and on Thursday announced their players including a...

South African Football Association assistant referee Moeketsi Molelekoa has sadly passed away. The Free State-born official died in a motor vehicle accident late on Friday, according to SAFA Head of Referees Abdul Ebrahim. “He passed away in the motor vehicle accident yesterday (Friday) evening,” said Ebrahim to iDiski Times. “This is very...

Former Bafana Bafana defenders David Nyathi and Aaron Mokoena have been roped in by the South African Football Association (SAFA). The appointment of Walter Steenbok as Technical Director has seen an immediate change in direction for the South African national team. On Friday, at SAFA House, he confirmed that the Bafana...

South African referee Abongile Tom has been appointed to officiate the opening game of 2022 African Nations Championship. Tom is the only South African referee chosen to officiate at this year's CHAN tournament, which was initially set to take place from 10 July to 1 August 2022 but got moved...

Referee Abongile Tom will be the only South African match official that will be in Algeria for the 2023 CHAN tournament. The Cape Townian has been growing in the industry as we’ve seen him officiating on the African continent, specifically in CAF club competitions. In 2019, he was selected to officiate...

Clive Barker’s family have released a statement that the legendary coach has undergone an operation "of normal flow through his aorta, the main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body, after suffering an aneurysm," in two hospitals in Durban. A few days ago...

The South African Football (SAFA) president Danny Jordaan says he has no issues with the revered referee Victor Gomes calling it quits, saying he has done well for himself. However, he said he cannot be left alone but he must help the association to find another Gomes, who will just...

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has received government and SASCOC‘s guarantees and has officially launched their bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2027.    This comes after SAFA informed FIFA that they are interested in hosting the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2027.   Initially, the South African...

The CAF A Licence course that was supposed to have been conducted this month in South Africa has been postponed, SAFA Head of Coaching and Education, Frans Mogashoa has told the iDiski Times. This is due to the CAF approval panel being away for the ongoing World Cup in Qatar,...

National U17 coach Duncan Crowie was bitterly disappointed to see his side lose the final of the COSAFA Cup tournament in Malawi on Sunday. Crowie’s boys could not win the men’s football competition at the Region 5 Games in Lilongwe, Malawi, losing 1-0 to Zambia in the final of the...