Author Archives: CentreCircle

It has become a norm for national teams to be feted and welcomed by throngs of crowds when they return home from an international assignment where they were triumphant. But what we saw with the newly-crowned Queens of the Continent, the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana, was of massive proportions. Women’s football has never had a special […]

South Africa became the third different country to win a WAFCON title, along with 9 times winners Nigeria and two times Champions Equatorial Guinea South Africa playing in their sixth WAFCON Final wins for a first time After losing WAFCON Finals in 1995, Tembisa (2000), Malabo (2008 and 2012) and Accra (2018) Banyana Banyana ends […]

Fresh from winning the 2022 TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in a dominant fashion – South Africa continues to make headlines. Four players from the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana are part of the 11 Best players in the recently-ended three week-long tournament in Morocco. Put together by the members of CAF’s Technical Study Group (TSG), […]

The incredible success of South Africa, Zambia and Botswana at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations is down to the excellent programmes for women in those countries, but there is no doubt that COSAFA has also played its part in their development as a team. South Africa won a first ever continental crown on […]

Premier Soccer League (PSL) and Orlando Pirates chairman Dr Irvin Khoza together with Kaizer Chiefs counterpart, Dr Kaizer Motaung, have sent congratulatory messages to trailblazers Banyana Banyana following their historic 2-1 win over hosts Morocco in the final of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nation (WAFCON) final in Rabat on Saturday (23 July). The South […]

When Desiree Ellis was named Coach of the Year on Thursday at the CAF Awards 2022, fittingly she was sitting next to Senegal coach Aliou Cisse, who was the very first person to congratulate her. Both former captains of their national teams that fell short of winning the African crown as players two decades ago, […]

South Africa are the new Queens of Africa. Banyana Banyana edged hosts Morocco 2-1 in the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday in Rabat in a highly contested tie that brought out the best of both teams. At the heart of this success was goalkeeper Andile Dlamini who kept three clean sheets in […]

South Korea-based striker Linda Magaia scored twice in a space of eight minutes in the second half to lead the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana to their first ever TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations trophy. The two goals just after the hour mark saw South Africa defeat hosts Morocco 2-1 at a packed Prince Moulay Adbellah […]

Millions of football fans across the African continent and across the world are set to tune in to tonight’s historic TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final between hosts Morocco and South Africa at Rabat’s Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium. The match will kick-off at 21h00 local time (20h00 GMT, 22h00 Cairo time). While a capacity […]