Nematandani was banned in connection with a match-fixing scandal involving Bafana Bafana in 2010.
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Safa has welcomed a delegation of Fifa investigators who have arrived in SA to look into cases of alleged match-fixing ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
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/ 14 December 2011
From a premature tournament qualification celebration to Danny Jordaan’s broken promises at Cosafa, South African soccer has had an embarrassing year.
The Confederation of African Football says Bafana Bafana’s post-match celebrations are premature.
The SABC has agreed to pay R3-million in order to televise Saturday’s African Cup of Nations qualifier between Bafana Bafana and Sierra Leone.
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/ 27 September 2011
Libya are likely to be replaced as 2013 Africa Cup of Nations hosts this week, with Algeria, Nigeria and SA prepared to take over the tournament.
Safa has found a new opponent for Bafana Bafana after Nigeria’s controversial withdrawal from August’s friendly match.
The South African Football Association will pay R5-million for the trademark to the national team’s nickname, Bafana Bafana.
Safa will change the name of the national soccer team, according to the company that owns the rights to the use of the Bafana Bafana trademark.
Bafana Bafana have moved up four places in the Fifa world rankings, the South African Football Association announced on Wednesday.
Danny Jordaan has announced his decision to join the Fifa World Cup inspection team — but was mum on any long-term offers from the body.
While Safa is silent on Carlos Alberto Parreira’s replacement after the Soccer World Cup, the smart money is on his assistant, Pitso Mosimane.
Bafana Bafana had a chaotic fixture list for their German training camp, but nobody at Safa is willing to shoulder the blame.
A ticketing dispute between Safa and a local tour operator has broader-reaching implications. Phathisani Moyo reports,
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/ 15 January 2010
Fifa intervention has kept Safa’s factions apart since the election that catapulted Kirsten Nematandani into the most senior position in soccer.
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/ 14 December 2009
An uneasy truce reigns over South African soccer ahead of the World Cup, but there are reports of a ticking time bomb in the game’s administration.
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/ 1 December 2009
World Cup hosts South Africa say they are aiming to be among the 16 best teams at the tournament next year.
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/ 31 October 2009
Mamelodi Sundowns and Jomo Cosmos face PSL disciplinary action over their outspoken support for
recently-elected Safa president Kirsten Nematandani.
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/ 16 October 2009
Bafana Bafana’s recent performance has been abysmal and blame should be placed squarely on Safa for hiring Santana to begin with.
Bafana Bafana head coach Joel Santana’s days are getting darker.
A story that received major coverage this week was the elevation of one Kirsten Nematandani to the leadership of South African football.
Conducting a one-on-one interview with newly elected South African Football Association (Safa) president Kirsten Nematandani is not easy.
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/ 28 September 2009
New president of Safa Kirsten Nematandani said on Monday he was not concerned over speculation that his position could be challenged in court.
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/ 27 September 2009
It was a day and night of drama which ended when outsider Kirsten Nematandani was elected unopposed as the new president of the Safa.
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/ 15 February 2008
Bafana Bafana might have failed to make it past the first round of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament in Ghana, but Enock Molefe, the assistant referee in the Afcon final between Egypt and Cameroon last Sunday, flew the South African flag high with his unimpeachable calls to the very last minute of the match.