South Africa’s Sheryl Botes has made history after she was appointed as the first foreign female Head Coach of the Uganda Senior Women’s National Team. She has signed a three-year contract, ending in 2026. The announcement was made by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) after she was revealed to the media on Wednesday, […]
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The South African U20 Women’s National Team, Basetsana, is hoping to rewrite the history books by grabbing the elusive spot in the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup. The Maud Khumalo-led squad is the only South African National Team that has never qualified for a FIFA World Cup. The journey to the promised land starts with […]
South Africa’s duo of Sinazo Ntshota and Nobahle Mdelwa is off to Spain on Tuesday, 3 October 2023 for an experience of a lifetime. The pair will be part of a girls’ team comprising players from countries like Brazil, Nigeria, Tanzania, Japan, and Zambia. The group will be attending LaLiga’s flagship development program, the LaLiga […]
The South African U17 Women’s National team Head Coach, Simphiwe Dludlu, is off to Colorado Springs in the United States of America to further her studies in the International Coaching Enrichment Program (ICECP). Dludlu will be in the USA between 1-22 September 2023, where she will spend the first and last week at the University […]
Head coach of the South African U20 Women’s National Team, Maud Khumalo, has just concluded a training camp with a squad of 44 players as they kickstart preparations for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The competition will be hosted by Colombia from 5 to 22 September 2024. The U20 Women’s side is the […]
The South African Football Association (SAFA) has made a very important appointment – that of Head of Women’s Football. They have tasked a little known Romaney Pinnock to take the role, which has been vacant for a very long time. The appointment came as the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana were about to compete at the 2023 […]
The SAFA Girls Soccer Academy, based at the High Performance Centre (HPC) at the University of Pretoria, was instrumental in kickstarting the development process of 11 players in the current Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana squad that is in New Zealand ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. But during that preparation phase early on in their careers, […]
“The success of Banyana Banyana is not incidental or accidental, but a result of long-term planning in player development. They have now played in two Olympic Games, they are African Champions and also heading to their second FIFA Women’s World Cup – that speaks to years of planning and continuity as well as input from […]
The Banyana Banyana pair of Jermaine Seoposenwe and Noxolo Cesane will be wearing different playing kits next season after parting ways with their clubs in the Mexican league, Liga MX Femenil. Both players are currently in camp with the South African Senior Women’s National Team as they await the announcement of the final squad that […]
First landscape report highlights progress made so far in Women’s Football Report part of CAF’s commitment to invest in Women’s Football in Africa 52 countries participate in the research of the Study Study details progress in Women’s football and findings summarizes overview of women’s football on the continent For the first time, 47 out of […]