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Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos. (SAFA)

Can Hugo Broos fix Bafana Bafana’s broken compass before the World Cup?

The “funeral” in the Rabat dressing room after the team’s Africa Cup of Nations defeat must serve as the birth of a stronger Bafana

Heartfelt: Coach Hugo Broos with Bafana Bafana players at the Africa Cup of Nations match between South Africa and Namibia on 21 January in Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire. Photo: Segun Ogunfeyitimi/Gallo Images

Bafana Bafana’s glass is half full

The consistency in the national team’s coaching staff has seen a change in its fortunes

But many children still play football on dirt pitches.
Photos: Hamish Blair/Getty Images

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

Should Safa’s vice-president make it to the polls, she is sure of replacing Danny Jordaan as president of the governing body

Ria Ledwaba is confident of overthrowing Danny Jordaan

Should Safa’s vice-president make it to the polls, she is sure of replacing Danny Jordaan as president of the governing body

There are some members of the body’s national executive committee who are backing the re-election of Danny Jordaan as the Safa president unopposed.

Clouds gathering as Safa approaches presidential elections

There are some members of the body’s national executive committee who are backing the re-election of Jordaan as the Safa president unopposed.

Bafana Bafana Coach Hugo Broos speaks during the Safa presser on November 17 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Lee Warren/Gallo Images)

Bafana vs Ghana: Safa doubles down on accusations of match manipulation

The country’s football barons delivered an extraordinary press conference on Wednesday afternoon

South Africa’s Percy Tau (R) vies with Ghana’s Abdul Fatawu Mohammed (L) during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying round Group G football match between South Africa and Ghana at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on September 6, 2021. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP) (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)

Bafana Bafana ‘robbery’: Safa pray for precedent

Match replays are not unheard of in recent times and SA’s footballing authorities are hoping to benefit

Superfans: Masilo Machaka with Chiefs fans during the match between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs in 2009. (Photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

‘Stadiums are our second homes’: Sport’s vaccine incentive

Fans are desperate to return but authorities in the sector have shown little appetite to tackle difficult questions

Women’s sport must be treated as an equal partner in the economy. Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

A new dawn in women’s football in South Africa

But there are still more questions than answers for Safa to address to make the league the success women’s football needs it to be

Janine van Wyk, Desiree Ellis and Emma Hendricks during the Banyana Banyana Arrival Press Conference at OR Tambo International Airport on December 02 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Lee Warren/Gallo Images)

Safa begin process to host 2023 Women’s World Cup

Safa has previously made no secret of its desire to bring the competition to South Africa and has now expressed its interest to Fifa.

Little is known about the format the league will adopt when it does eventually kick off. (Maddie Meyer/Fifa/Getty Images)

Women’s league in Safa limbo

Teams and coaches have been left in the dark about the planned women’s football league

Team spirit: At the African Women’s Cup of Nations, Desiree Ellis’s cheerful charges finished as runners-up, qualifying for the Women’s World Cup. (Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix)

Banyana paid: Now it’s on to the football

Paid Banyana can dream again

South Africa’s national women’s football team is doing well, despite precious little institutional support. But they do want to be paid what they were promised for achieving second place in the Awcon tournament. (Richard Huggard/Gallo Images)

Banyana yet to be paid Safa monies

Some players are owed about R75 000 and repeated promises to start a women’s football league are yet to be fulfilled

Khoza, speaking to journalists alongside Kaizer Motaung threatened to take legal action against Safa and blasted a recent press release by the organisation that he called “insulting”.

PSL blasts R50m Safa-OUTsurance sponsorship deal

Safa last week announced a five-year sponsorship deal with OUTsurance worth R50 million in a first of its kind match officials sponsorship deal.

Tendai Ndoro’s eligibility remains undetermined

Ajax Cape Town cuts ties with Ndoro

The controversial striker at the heart of the club’s relegation struggles is officially out

Should Safa’s vice-president make it to the polls, she is sure of replacing Danny Jordaan as president of the governing body

New Safa VP: We are fully behind Danny Jordaan

​Ria Ledwaba is the first woman elected as vice-president at the South African Football Association

Jordaan was arrested on Wednesday on charges of fraud and theft. (File photo)

Jordaan re-elected SAFA president

Danny Jordaan received 234 of 246 votes at the meeting in Johannesburg, SAFA said

Khoza, speaking to journalists alongside Kaizer Motaung threatened to take legal action against Safa and blasted a recent press release by the organisation that he called “insulting”.

Irvin Khoza blasts Jordaan’s ‘bizarre, absurd conspiracy theories’

​The PSL chairperson has fired back at Danny Jordaan for alleging he was behind rape allegations against the SA Football Association president.

Xasa called for the suspension of former Springbok rugby players Naas Botha and Nick Mallett

There’s a new captain on the field

Tokozile Xasa is quiet and steady, with a watchful eye, and being a woman is working in her favour

Khoza, speaking to journalists alongside Kaizer Motaung threatened to take legal action against Safa and blasted a recent press release by the organisation that he called “insulting”.

Singer and former ANC MP opens rape case against Danny Jordaan

Almost five months after Jennifer Ferguson publicly accused soccer boss Danny Jordaan of sexually assaulting her, she has laid a charge of rape