Category Archives: National Teams

JVW and the University of Johannesburg (UJ Ladies) collected maximum points each in their opening matches of the 2025 Hollywoodbets Super League season with victories over two newcomers, Ezemvelo Ladies and the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Sunday (2 March). The fixtures were played on Sunday (2 March) at the UJ Soccer Stadium in […]

Banyana Banyana stalwarts, captain Refiloe Jane as well as midfielder Leandra Smeda are training with TS Galaxy Queens and could be part of the new signings for the 2025 Hollywoodbets Super League season. Both players have reached a century of caps for their country and their experience could be what the Rockets need to launch […]

Long-serving Banyana Banyana goalkeeper coach Cameron Cox has been appointed a FIFA Goalkeepers’ Expert for the continent alongside Chedli Mabrouki of Tunisia. The South African will focus on the COSAFA region and also venture into the English-speaking countries while Mabrouki has been tasked with helping the French-Arabic nations. Recently the duo was in Zurich, Switzerland […]

The 2026 TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifiers have served some surprises with more still to come. The second round will see the six top-ranked teams that got a bye return to action – Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Ghana, Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire. Of the 12 nations that will be playing in […]

Head coach of the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana, Desiree Ellis, says it was a worthwhile exercise to give her youthful brigade a chance to see what they are capable of. The South Africans, made up of mainly U17 and U20 Women’s National team players, did a double on Lesotho in two international friendly matches played at […]

The Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana continued their dominance over neighbours Lesotho, defeating them 1-0 in the first of two international friendly matches between the two nations. The clash took place at the UJ Soccer Stadium in Soweto on Saturday (22 February 2025). Nobahle Mdelwa, who recently signed for UJ Ladies, and was playing at her home […]

South Sudan got off to a shaky start as they suffered a heavy loss to Algeria in the first leg of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa of Nations (WAFCON) 2026 at the Juba National Stadium on Wednesday (19 February 2025. The tournament serves as a qualifier for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 Qualifiers where […]

Kaylin Swart (JVW) and Andile Dlamini (Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies) have been roped in into the Banyana Banyana training camp following injuries to Mbali Ntimeni and Asa Rabalao – both from Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies. The experienced South African duo were left out of the initial squad of eight as head coach Desiree Ellis wanted to try […]

Banyana Banyana goal poacher Thembi Kgatlana was the star of the show on Saturday (15 February) as she helped UANL Tigres dismantle Jermaine Seoposenwe’s Rayadas del Monterey 5-1 in one of the most highly-anticipated matches of the season – the Regio Femenil Classic. Kgatlana opened the scoring in the ninth minute before laying two assists […]