Better administration, especially in football, could see the country punching above its sporting weight in the next 30 years
All Change for Archange: The Central African Republic held a constitutional referendum earlier this year, which, among other things, would allow President Faustin-Archange Touadéra to run for a third term. Quelle surprise: results of the vote showed that 95% of voters were apparently in support of the changes. Bye Bye: There were a fair few […]
There was much to report on this year with multiple World Cups taking place across several sporting codes
The Banyana Banyana coach graduated from street soccer to play for Western Province and the country
South Africa won a Women’s World Cup match for the first time with a stunning 3-2 victory over Italy to reach the last 16 in a thriller on Wednesday. Captain Thembi Kgatlana scored the winner in the 92nd minute to make history for South Africa and set up a meeting with the Netherlands — and […]
It’s payback time and the ANC’s former secretary general has taken a note out of Banyana Banyana’s game plan
A ball has yet to be kicked but already the 2023 Women’s Football World Cup is breaking new ground
Mindsets must change and sports researchers given support in order to allow women coaches to reach their potential
The magazine documented the now-betrayed hopes of South African football in the 1990s
When the winning Banyana Banyana team returned, the Safa president and sports minister claimed their share of the victory
Once more we have the opportunity to take our marking pen to their performance
Thembi Kgatlana works her magic on the pitch with SD Eibar, the little known side in Spain
Fourteen top players have made it on the international scene
The Bafana Bafana defender valued women who loved sport
The growing list of professional women footballers plying their trade at overseas clubs could be the missing piece the side needs to conquer the continent after five failed attempts.
Desiree Ellis has a deep understanding of the development of women’s football in South Africa. The Banyana Banyana head coach talks to Luke Feltham about how the women’s game has changed over her 40-year career
Banyana have failed to live up to expectations, while Bafana might just be finally coming good
The life of a Banyana player in Europe
Failing to progress to the next stage of Olympic qualifying has put a dent in the growth of women’s football in the country
Noxolo Cesane’s rise to Banyana Banyana has been incredible, and she is only going to keep improving
The national team’s shortcomings in international competition stem from more than having no domestic league
The Cosafa Championship served as a route to success for South Africa in 2018 and they should attempt to utilise it in the same fashion this year
The US team’s experience and nous will always be favoured on the biggest stage of all
From the powerful Germans to the sanguine Spanish, here’s everything you need to know about South Africa’s World Cup opponents
Should we temper our expectations as Banyana Banyana enter their first World Cup?
In Normandy, the team have one last chance to warm themselves up for the Women’s World Cup
Still without a win in 2019, the team has very little time to prepare for the World Cup
The young striker can play forward or run the flanks, and has the World Cup firmly in her sights
Banyana’s face-off against the Reggae Girlz is an opportunity to leave the Cyprus
Cup in the past
South African Sports teams will compete across all sports competitions this year
Banyana’s Rhoda Mulaudzi and Refiloe Jane are making it big in Australia — a women’s football utopia
Ellis’s side will now likely compete in either the 11th-place or 9th-place match of the Cyprus Cup on Wednesday