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Slouching towards 2010
How does one begin to capture the face of South African football in 2006? While the unfolding story of the 2010 Soccer World Cup has tended to dominate the news, the enduring…
Too many voices talk past each other at Safa
A new player has emerged on the perennially dysfunctional landscape that is South African football. Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkesi Stofile has always been vocal and…
Diplomat to be charged
The Department of Foreign Affairs has laid charges of misconduct against its former ambassador to Brazil Mbulelo Rakwena for allegedly contravening the foreign service code.…
Bafana buffoonery
Delays in moving the administration of Bafana Bafana to a professional body such as the South African Football Association’s (Safa) commercial wing are exacting a price. Safa…
Bafana kicking their heels
For months the South African Football Association (Safa) has been talking about a ”turn-around strategy for Bafana Bafana” and a ”2010 vision”. Wednesday’s Nelson Mandela…
Safa’s World Cup wing fails to deliver
Nine months after the South African Football Association (Safa) decided to form a new company whose responsibility it was to increase the sagging profile of the national soccer…
‘Fraudster’ diplomat gets top job
South Africa’s former ambassador to Brazil, Mbulelo Rakwena, was promoted to his current position as chief director for Latin America in the department of foreign affairs in…
Soccer’s lasting legacy from 2010
The multibillion-rand 2010 World Cup stadium construction project, with its time frame of 18 to 34 months, was always going to cause disagreement in the very fragile relationship…
Foundation sits on R150m for grassroots development
Almost a year after the South African Football Foundation was launched with the help of the British government, confusion reigns over the status of this institution. Nobody…
Negativity threatens 2010
Pundits say South Africa stands to lose millions in revenue if negative reports continue to cast doubt on the country’s structural capacity to host the 2010 Fifa World Cup. They…
Hack under scrutiny
The status of the commercial wing, the financial recovery plan and the position of chief executive Raymond Hack are expected to dominate the South African Football Association’s…
SA football and the Gang of Three
Senior individuals in local football are trying to sabotage plans to rebuild the national team and the public profile of the South African Football Association (Safa) through an…
Parreira vs the PSL
The South African Football Association has included no measurable performance assessment plan in the lucrative four-year contract signed by Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto…
Congo clash: Mind the banana skins
For local football supporters, the most indelible memory of South Africa’s six encounters with Congo Brazzaville is from August 16 nine years ago. On a mild Saturday afternoon,…
Sono’s sour grapes
Despite repeated denials by South African Football Association CEO Raymond Hack that World Cup 2010 head Danny Jordaan had anything to do with the appointment of Carlos Alberto…