GALLERY: Red Carpet at SONA 2018
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Unlike other African countries, South Africa exports fewer players to professional leagues around the world. While Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria boast several overseas based players that include the likes of Gabrielle Onguweni and Assisat Oshoala, not one South African woman is playing professional football in Europe or Asia. This is all the more surprising because Banyana Banyana are third on the continent, and have now qualified for two consecutive Olympic […]
By Khaya Sithole Eight weeks later – Mr Jacob Zuma is still the President of the Republic. What has gone wrong? Eight weeks ago, President Jacob Zuma ended his 10-year term as the President of the ANC. Since then, various observers and commentators have been engaged in a terminal war of speculation regarding his dismissal from the Union Buildings. This has been assisted by the ANC’s own leaders who have […]
Although Bantwana’s impending qualification for the 2018 Fifa Under-17 Women’s World looks like a triumph for women’s football in South Africa, it actually serves as a painful reminder of the lack of organised development for women’s football in the country. It may come as a surprise for some to learn that Bantwana have previously qualified for a women’s U17 world cup. A team including the US based trio Jermaine Seoposenwe, […]
"UniteBehind call for urgent release of the findings" By: Barbara Maregele A Metrorail train passing Muizenberg train station in Cape Town. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks The recruitment processes for several senior employees at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) in the Western Cape were “irregular” and in breach of company policy. This is according to a 2015 progress report, seen by GroundUp, on an ongoing investigation by […]
The prospect of a professional women’s football league comes with a lot of promises, among those, is having a more competitive Banyana Banyana on the world stage. In this proposed professional league which SAFA intend to launch in 2019, all nine provincial Sasol League champions would have spots in the 16 team league with PSL and university teams accounting for the balance. However concerns have come up about school going […]
An analysis of the latest data Facts are few, opinions plenty, on the cause of the water crisis By: Piotr Wolski A tap inside the Imizamo Yethu informal settlement in Hout Bay. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks Editor’s summary Piotr Wolski, a water scientist at UCT, has used the latest rainfall and best available weather station data to compare the current drought to past ones. The data shows that the drought over […]
Former Kanatla Ladies owner and coach, Mkuseli Godlwana says South Africa is not ready for a professional women’s football league. In 2017 SAFA announced that they would launch a professional women’s league next year consisting of 12 to 16 teams including PSL teams and the nine Sasol League provincial winners, BUT Godlwana says South Africa is not ready. Godlwana reckons the mother body hasn’t done enough research on the state […]
Former Banyana Banyana captain, Amanda Dlamini has revealed that her decision to hang up her boots was mainly because of her exclusion from the national team in 2017. Dlamini is not the first player to have been forced out of Banyana. Portia Modise, Thokozile Mndaweni and Sanah Mollo are among the other players who seem to have left the game prematurely. Modise announced her retirement as the team was preparing […]