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SAFA President Danny Jordaan has sent his and SAFA's congratulations to Morocco, after they became the first African team to reach the World Cup semi-finals. Morocco booked their historical last four spot after a stunning 1-0 win over Portugal in Saturday's quarter-final. Speaking via the football association, Dr Jordaan congratulated the...

SAFA president Danny Jordaan says they will face some tough opposition from various football superpowers in their bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2027. Jordaan went on a two-fold trip in October for next year’s Women’s World Cup New Zealand and Australia finals draw to tell all...

Video Assistant Referees (VAR) will be introduced "maybe next season", something that will please fans and premier division clubs, according to SAFA president Danny Jordaan. However, there are challenges when it comes to stadiums as many clubs don’t own venues, with acting PSL CEO Mato Madlala previously saying they are...

The South African Football Association has confirmed CEO Advocate Tebogo Motlanthe has jetted off to Egypt for the next stage of his FIFA Diploma in Football Law. Motlanthe who was appointed SAFA CEO in January last year on a five-year contract arrived in Cairo this week as the course provides...

SAFA Head of Referees Abdul Ebrahim says referee Victor Gomes has not officially handed in his retirement letter, despite reports that he has called it a quits. This publication reported on Saturday that Gomes was in charge of his last PSL game, when he was handed the Soweto Derby as Kaizer...

Amanda Dlamini has stepped down as a senior manager at SAFA, iDiski Times has learnt. Her reasons for stepping down at this moment in time are not known, but “there are big tensions at SAFA”, the source added. The former Banyana Banyana captain was appointed in July last year to be...

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi says clubs and coaches shouldn't be blamed for the CAF Licenses dilemma but rather questions should be raised to the South African Football Association (SAFA). googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-4804738-3'); }); On Sunday afternoon after beating La Passe 7-0, their head coach...

AmaZulu coach Brandon Truter has joined Kaizer Chiefs coach Arthur Zwane that suggested they will be available to help national team coach Hugo Broos, who has been asking for a meeting with all PSL top-flight coaches. Truter said as long as it benefits South African football, then he is in...

Former Kaizer Chiefs head of scouting Walter Steenbok has been approved as the South African Football Association (SAFA) Technical Director (TD). Steenbok, who is also a former Mamelodi Sundowns chief scout, is understood to have hugely impressed the independent company that was tasked by SAFA to conduct interviews on a transparent,...

Two of the former candidates who ran against Danny Jordaan for SAFA President three months ago are taking the fight to arbitration.     googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-4804738-3'); });   Just about three months since the South African Football Association (SAFA) President Danny Jordaan was re-elected to serve his third term, the...