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A play for equality: Invest in women’s sport
With rising global revenue and local team success, despite persistent inequalities, supporting women’s sport boosts growth and empowerment
Yes, we did win three soccer world cups
Better administration, especially in football, could see the country punching above its sporting weight in the next 30 years
The A-Z of 2023 for Africa
All Change for Archange: The Central African Republic held a constitutional referendum earlier this year, which, among other things, would allow President Faustin-Archange…
The good, the bad and the Boks
There was much to report on this year with multiple World Cups taking place across several sporting codes
The street school of Desiree Ellis
The Banyana Banyana coach graduated from street soccer to play for Western Province and the country
South Africa stun Italy to reach Women’s World Cup last 16
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…
Like Banyana Banyana, Ace Magashule boots people under the bus
It’s payback time and the ANC’s former secretary general has taken a note out of Banyana Banyana’s game plan
Women’s World Cup set to shake things up
A ball has yet to be kicked but already the 2023 Women’s Football World Cup is breaking new ground
Clearing the path for female sports coaches to rise to the top
Mindsets must change and sports researchers given support in order to allow women coaches to reach their potential
Kickoff is dead – and so is Bafana’s dream
The magazine documented the now-betrayed hopes of South African football in the 1990s
Khaya Koko: Please throw a squealing pig at Danny Jordaan and Nathi Mthethwa
When the winning Banyana Banyana team returned, the Safa president and sports minister claimed their share of the victory
The 2021 M&G Sport Audit: How our national teams fared this year
Once more we have the opportunity to take our marking pen to their performance
Kgatlana eclipses Benni McCarthy’s Spanish record
Thembi Kgatlana works her magic on the pitch with SD Eibar, the little known side in Spain
SA women footballers score string of firsts
Fourteen top players have made it on the international scene
South African football has lost a feminist in Anele Ngcongca
The Bafana Bafana defender valued women who loved sport