Midfielder Kagisho Dikgacoi will miss South Africa’s friendly against Burkina Faso in Johannesburg on Wednesday night because he is stuck in England.
Bafana Bafana’s Anele Ngcongca is set to be the third injury-enforced withdrawal in the squad ahead of the team’s friendly against Burkina Faso.
SA will lack injured "hard men" Bongani Khumalo and Thanduyise Khuboni when they face Egypt in a crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier next month.
The steady rise of South Africa on the monthly Fifa rankings continued on Wednesday when they reached fourth place in Africa.
A youthful looking Bafana Bafana beat Tanzania 1-0 in their international friendly at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Saturday evening.
Bafana Bafana is negotiating to tour South America in June, intended to improve the country’s world rankings ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Only days after his 20th birthday, Bafana Bafana prodigy and Ajax Cape Town midfielder Thulani Serero will travel to Holland this weekend.
Botswana have qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time, while defending champions Egypt are facing the prospect of missing out.
Pitso Mosimane is acutely aware of the daunting task facing him in probably his toughest challenge since taking over the South African coaching post.
Bafana Bafana leftback Mzivukile Tom has been released from the squad to face Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on March 26.
Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane axed captain Aaron Mokoena on Tuesday for a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Egypt next weekend.
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/ 4 February 2011
On the eve of Bafana Bafana’s friendly match against Kenya on Wednesday, Egypt tumbled 23 places down the Fifa rankings while Bafana jumped to 47.
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/ 3 February 2011
Kirsten Nematandani, the president of Safa, admitted on Thursday they had bungled Bafana Bafana’s upcoming friendly fixture, now due against Kenya.
Bafana Bafana have moved up four places in the Fifa world rankings, the South African Football Association announced on Wednesday.
A sneaky 85th-minute goal earned the US a 1-0 win over Bafana in the annual Nelson Mandela Challenge at the Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday night.
There are at least two reasons why this weekend’s jaunt to Freetown is the toughest challenge facing Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane to date.
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/ 3 September 2010
Pitso Mosimane has so far managed to build on the relative success of the Fifa World Cup since he replaced Carlos Parreira as Bafana Bafana coach.
The era of Pitso Mosimane appears ready to break Carlos Alberto Parreira’s conservative mould.
New Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane on Thursday kept faith in under-fire captain Aaron Mokoena for an August 11 friendly against Ghana.
An agreement has been reached with Pitso Mosimane to become the new Bafana Bafana coach, Safa said on Wednesday.
Whatever you make of Bafana Bafana’s World Cup performance the team still has a lot of work to do, writes <b>Mark Gleeson</b>.
While Safa is silent on Carlos Alberto Parreira’s replacement after the Soccer World Cup, the smart money is on his assistant, Pitso Mosimane.
There is still fight left in Bafana Bafana despite their 3-0 World Cup thrashing by Uruguay at Loftus Stadium on Wednesday night.
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/ 22 October 2009
Former colleagues Carlos Alberto Parreira and Pitso Mosimane are ready to accept the challenge of transforming Bafana into a formidable force.
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/ 21 October 2009
Bafana interim coach Pitso Mosimane, who is filling the position along with Jairo Leal, has proclaimed himself ready to take the role of head coach.
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/ 20 October 2009
As the post-Joel Santana era dawns, the M&G Online takes a look at some of those in the running for the Bafana hot seat.
Now is the time for budding Bafana Bafana stars to stand up and be counted as South Africa take on Nigeria in a tough 2010 African Nations Cup qualifier in Abuja on Sunday. Kick-off is at 5pm South African time. There is no Benni McCarthy, and three midfield aces in Teko Modise, Delron Buckley and Lerato Chabangu are all nursing an assortment of injuries.
New Bafana Bafana coach Joel Santana passed his first test in charge of the national squad when he put his foot down and decided to withdraw troublesome striker Benni McCarthy from next month’s four 2010 African Nations Cup qualifying matches. Santana and his technical team met with the temperamental Blackburn Rovers striker on Wednesday afternoon.
New Bafana Bafana coach Brazilian Joel Santana has not come to South Africa on a safari. At his first press conference at Johannesburg’s Safa House on Monday, he spelt out what he hoped to achieve during the 30 months that he will be in charge of the national team. ”I will do my talking on the training pitch,” he said.
Regardless of how they fare in this weekend’s final matches of the football season, SuperSport United and Ajax Cape Town have a lot to be proud of. Both have had a season made in heaven. Considering that both lost influential coaches — SuperSport’s Pitso Mosimane joined the national team brains trust and Ajax’s Muhsin Ertugral went to Kaizer Chiefs — they were expected to struggle.
Of all the commendations that new Bafana Bafana coach Joel Santana has to his credit is that he has coached the world’s best-supported team. He will have to accentuate this point as he has little else, other than the endorsement of his predecessor, to show why he should be entrusted with the job.
The South African Football Association (Safa) has finally confirmed the appointment of Joel Santana as coach of Bafana Bafana, following the resignation of Carlos Alberto Parreira on Monday. The worst-kept secret in local soccer was confirmed in a press release from the body on Wednesday.