Ex-football boss Leslie Sedibe has disputed Fifa report and says he returned his computer. Safa can’t find it.
On the eve of the Africa Nations Cup, local football fans are thrilled by the prospect of seeing the continent’s finest players at work.
The debacle over reinstating officials linked to match fixing is opening up old divisions in the soccer body, writes Carlos Amato.
Match-fixing allegations and subdued ticket sales have thrown South Africa’s ability to successfully host the Africa Cup of Nations into doubt.
Soccer body Safa has reinstated its chief and four other leading officials suspended over a match fixing scandal involving the national team.
Interpol has been called in to assist with a criminal investigation into the match-fixing scandal involving Safa, the Hawks said.
This season’s wave of hooliganism poses an alarming threat to the future of the Premier Soccer League.
The SABC and Safa have reached an agreement on broadcasting rights — the SABC will carry all national soccer teams’ games for three years.
South Africans will now start to reap the benefits of hosting the 2010 Fifa World Cup, Safa said when it received R450-million from global body Fifa.
Despite remaining cagey about his imminent move to Bafana, Steve Komphela says he is willing to work with national coach Pitso Mosimane.
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/ 13 February 2012
Brazilian physical trainer Francesco Gonzales is confident Banyana Banyana will increase their strength in the build-up to the London Olympic Games.
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/ 8 February 2012
Safa has lauded the appointment of Tokyo Sexwale to Fifa’s media committee, saying the move epitomised and acknowledged the vital role he has played.
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/ 8 February 2012
Safa has confirmed that Fifa will look into allegations that international friendlies in South Africa had been fixed ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says business will not invest in sport if "corrupt activities" and a "lack of corporate governance" continues.
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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.
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/ 8 November 2011
Parliament’s sports committee has told Safa that South African soccer needs to get serious about preparation and developing young talent.
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/ 11 October 2011
A sangoma says Bafana Bafana will not win another match until he is paid an outstanding R90 000 by Safa for "magic" to beat France at the World Cup.
Safa has found a new opponent for Bafana Bafana after Nigeria’s controversial withdrawal from August’s friendly match.
Safa has entered negotiations to buy the rights to the nickname of the national team, according to the company that owns the trademark.
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/ 6 February 2011
The naming rights of the national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, would have to change in the near future, Safa said on Saturday.
Soccer academies and programmes for coaches form part of a master plan to turn Bafana Bafana into a world force in soccer, MPs heard on Tuesday.
The Bid Book used by SAFA to win the rights to host the 2010 Fifa World Cup has been secreted away from the public — until now.
Chairperson of the 2010 organising committee Irvin Khoza has denied reports that he was plotting a coup to destabilise the SA Football Association.
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/ 22 January 2010
The South African Football Association (Safa) has run out of cash, paralysing the administration of the country’s number one sport.
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.
While presidents near and far are desperately clinging to power, Molefi Oliphant, is meekly relinquishing his position as Safa president.
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/ 20 February 2009
African Woman Footballer of the Year Nonku Alice Motlau shows that talent and modesty don’t always go hand in hand.
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/ 11 September 2008
Raymond Hack, the CEO of Safa, has described critics who question the body’s development programmes as ”idiots”.
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/ 11 September 2008
Bafana Bafana’s most successful coach, Clive Barker, has called Safa to set up a meeting with former local-born national coaches.
Former Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira is set to return to South African soccer after resigning as coach four months ago.