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Banyana Banyana lost 1-0 to Nigeria in the first leg of the last round of the 2024 Paris Olympics qualifier in Abjuja on Friday evening. In a match that wasn’t available for the South African public to watch due to the host broadcaster not honouring an agreement, Nigeria seemed to...

CAF Coaching Instructor Honour Janza is in South Africa, currently assessing the CAF A Diploma Coaching course that SAFA are currently hosting. It is the first CAF A course that South Africa have hosted in several years, after SAFA were not part of the CAF Convention for almost six years. The...

Former SAFA vice-president Ria Ledwaba has sent a strong message to Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana legend Doctor Khumalo, insisting he must try to unite Mzansi's soccer legends to change South African football. Ledwaba was talking at an event, where attorney Leslie Sedibe had confirmed that SAFA's lifetime ban of...

CAF have released a statement stating they are 'concerned about the respect and image of football in South Africa' after last week's raid on SAFA House. Eight days ago the Hawks raided SAFA house in a search and seizure regarding fraud and theft allegations. Now the main body of African football...

SAFA have issued a statement saying they have launched an application to set aside the Hawks' search and seizure that was conducted on Friday. The Hawks released a statement on Friday confirming they had raided SAFA House earlier that day. Now SAFA have responded with a statement, with the intent to...

The Serious Commercial Crime Investigation (Hawks) raided SAFA House on Friday, executing search and seizure warrants as they investigate allegations of fraud and theft against the SAFA president. According to the statement from the Hawks, the allegations stem from incidents between 2014 and 2018, where the SAFA president is accused...

South African national U17 women’s team head coach Nthabeleng 'Dunga' Modiko believes that her side can still come back to try and qualify for the U17 Women’s World Cup to be held in the Dominican Islands later this year.Bantwana went down 3-0 to Ethiopia in the first leg of...

South African match officials Abongile Tom and Akhona Makalima will be involved in Sunday's last 16 games at the African Cup Of Nations. Highly rated Tom will be officiating his third match in the AFCON finals after making his debut two weeks ago in a 1-1 draw between Nigeria and...

The South African Football Coaches Association has released a statement in response to SAFA’s announcement about the technical requirements from the 2024/25 season. Earlier this month SAFA released a statement confirming the new minimum requirements for coaches across South African football’s systems. However SAFCA have now responded, questioning how they will...

Former Bafana Bafana and Kaizer Chiefs head coach Molefi Ntseki might make a sensational return to the South African Football Association (SAFA), iDiski Times has been informed.   SAFA are reportedly considering Ntseki to beef up the Bafana technical team, to have a second assistant coach to Hugo Broos, or...