Bafana Bafana’s coach has based his selection on taking the team to the Nations Cup in Morocco.
The midfielder will play for the national squad after Shakes Mashaba recalled the Ajax Amsterdam player for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Mashaba should beef up the squad and allow more convincing options off the bench, instead of players who haven’t even touched a ball in the PSL yet.
The continent’s biggest footballing event is to kick off amid troubles ranging from dual-identity players to the spread of the Ebola virus.
Mashaba is back – and he’s just as defensive as ever about his push for patriotism over self-publicity.
National squad coach Shakes Mashaba, who relinquished his role as Amajita’s mentor, has called for continuity as Safa finds a replacement for him.
There is a dearth of real talent and there is no time to nurture players for Bafana.
Safa has appointed South African coach Ephraim "Shakes" Mashaba as the new head coach of Bafana Bafana, a position he held previously in 2002.
Meet the most dispensable person in SA, Bafana Bafana’s coach. But perhaps it’s Safa that should be substituted.
Former Fifa investigator Terry Steans says match-fixing involving Bafana may pre-date the friendlies leading up to the 2010 World Cup.
South Africa drew 1-1 with Australia in an international friendly, ahead of the Socceroos’ jetting off to Brazil. Bafana Bafana scored both goals.
As half of Bafana’s original squad have withdrawn ahead of friendlies overseas, coach Gordon Igesund has been forced into a last-minute scramble.
As the national squad gets ready to play Australia and New Zealand, coach Gordon Igesund says 11 out of the original 18-man squad have withdrawn.
Thulani Serero is getting great reviews from former Ajax Amsterdam heroes and other South Africans are doing well in Europe too.
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Bafana Bafana have been left humiliated by a 5-0 loss to World Cup 2014 hosts Brazil.
After Bafana Bafana lost 5-0 to Brazil, the president was booed by the crowd as he walked on the pitch to hand over the hosting of the next World Cup.
The South African soccer team style their play on the South Americans’ carefree approach to the game, but can’t mirror their discipline.
Coach Gordon Igesund says Bafana Bafana will build on last year’s performance against Spain, which resulted in a historic win, when they play Brazil.
Hosting the five-times world football champions in an international friendly is bound to be a spectacle, even if they show up Bafana.
Coach Gordon Igesund has named his "strongest squad bar none" to face Brazil in a friendly international football match at FNB Stadium in early March.
Safa says Gordon Igesund will remain Bafana Bafana’s coach but will face a technical committee to explain the team’s early exit from Chan.
Resignations and pressure to win every single match has sparked a soccer coaching merry-go-round.
Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune is due in court in March after having been caught speeding in Centurion on Friday night.
Fikile Mbalula calls Bafana losers, President Jacob Zuma gives politicians a R45-million pay hike, and a tiny rabbit in Madiba’s ear causes a stir.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula, PSL head Irvin Khoza and Safa president Danny Jordaan need to work together to save South African football.
The hysterical reaction to Bafana Bafana’s early exit from the African Nations Championship reflects longstanding frustration with the team.
The current administration and the national soccer team are similar in more ways than one. For starters, they both shoot but hardly ever score.
Following Bafana Bafana’s loss to Nigeria at the African Nations Championship, Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has called their performance "useless".
Bafana coach Gordon Igesund has expressed his disappointment after Nigeria beat the national team 3-1 in the African Nations Championship match.
Bafana Bafana have been dealt a blow with the news that goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune will be kept out of Nigeria’s deciding Chan match against them.
Chan’s organisers say ticket sales for Chan haven’t been great but they are hoping it will improve as the tournamnet progresses.