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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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The South African Football Association has included no measurable performance assessment plan in the lucrative four-year contract signed by Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto…
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,…
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…
With the advent of the Vodacom Challenge, the Telkom Charity Cup, which takes place at FNB Stadium this weekend, has lost its status as opening salvo of the season. It is…
On Monday Parliament will pass into law the 2010 Fifa World Cup Special Measures Bill. The proposed new Act will have a bearing on numerous issues, particularly the spaces…
Carlos Alberto Parreira, who quit his post as head coach of Brazil on Wednesday following the South Americans’ poor showing at the World Cup, has agreed to come to South Africa…
Former Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said in an interview published on Thursday that he expects to be named as new coach of South Africa, hosts of the 2010 World Cup. The…
Carlos Alberto Parreira, whose future with Brazil is uncertain after the five-time champions were surprisingly eliminated in the quarterfinals of this year’s World Cup in…
