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The challenges that Banyana faced prior to the world cup include the pay gap between them and the male team (Bafana Bafana). It was also revealed that the South African Football Association (Safta) was paying the female team 10% less than the male team. (Photo by Maja Hitij – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

Re-thinking women’s sport in South Africa

Policy does not match the all-inclusive ethos of the games women excel at

Clive Barker during the AmaZulu training session ahead of their friendly against Manchester United, at Moses Mabhida Stadium on July 17, 2012 in Durban, South Africa.
(Photo by Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

TRIBUTE: Clive Barker’s greatness was in unlocking the greatness of others

He navigated fraught and complex sociopolitical terrain for decades, both on and beyond the pitch

Busy schedule for Bafana Bafana

Carlos Alberto Parreira gets down to the business end of getting Bafana ready for the 2010 World Cup with a hectic schedule which kicks off next month

Radebe, Bailey hatch plan to save SA soccer

South Africa needs to build four world-class youth soccer academies in the major centres if Bafana Bafana are to become a force in soccer again.

Tough 2010 draw for Bafana

Bafana Bafana’s Carlos Alberto Parreira put on a brave face but could not hide the fact that SA will have their backs to the wall at the World Cup.

Roo hopes for easy draw for Bafana

Supporters of hosts South Africa will be anxious onlookers on Friday evening when the 2010 World Cup draw is made.

Bafana aim for second round

World Cup hosts South Africa say they are aiming to be among the 16 best teams at the tournament next year.

Parreira makes some weighty decisions

Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Parreira is likely to spend much of his Christmas break pondering a solution to end the team’s goal drought.

Bafana haunted by lack of goals

A lack of goals continues to haunt hosts South Africa as the 2010 World Cup countdown reaches the 200-day mark on Sunday.

Parreira frustrated by Bafana’s goal drought

Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira sees light at the end of the tunnel but admits frustration after two goalless draws in his first two games

Bafana seek cure for scoring sickness

World Cup hosts South Africa get another chance on Tuesday, against Jamaica in Bloemfontein, to cure the scoring sickness that has infected the team.

Two changes for Bafana against Jamaica

Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira will make two changes to his starting line-up for Tuesday night’s friendly international against Jamaica.

Bafana hold Japan to draw

Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira’s new era with the got off to a good start when a new-look Bafana held the highly rated Japan to a draw.

Parreira to ring the changes

Bafana Bafana are determined to take another step on the long road to recovery when they face Jamaica in their final friendly international of 2009.

Revitalised Bafana ready for Japan

Bafana Bafana are prepared to put their bodies on the line to beat Japan when the countries meet in a friendly international on Saturday.

Kermit ready for Bafana challenge

An impressive showing at the World Youth Championships propelled Kermit Erasmus closer to his dream of playing for South Africa at the World Cup.

I’m still the best, says Benni

Benni McCarthy is back and is determined to do what he does best for Bafana Bafana — score goals.

Benni the missing link for Bafana

Blackburn Rovers striker Benni McCarthy, is Bafana Bafana’s missing link as new coach Carlos Alberto Parreira rebuilds the national side.

Parreira: ‘I’m not here for the money’

Bafana Bafana head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira believes the national team can reach at least the second round of the World Cup next June.

Benni back in Bafana fold

Blackburn Rovers striker Benni McCarthy has been recalled to the Bafana Bafana squad named by Carlos Albertos Parreira in Johannesburg on Wednesday.