The South African Football Association (SAFA) President Danny Jordaan is among a glittering list of guests invited to the second edition of the Aiteo Football Awards to be held at the Eko Hotel and Suites at the Victoria Island in Lagos on April 1. While April 1 is celebrated in South Africa as “April Fool’s Day,”...
Someone within the South African Football Association (SAFA) is either being incompetent or deliberately sabotaging the country by refusing or failing to obtain necessary documents for South African players based abroad. Two in particular – defender Joel Untersee (St Gallen, Switzerland) and anchor Sergio Romeu Marakis (Nacional, Portugal) – have been identified by national coach Stuart...
The South African National U-20 side Amajita will play Ghana in friendly match on Monday, 28 January leading up to their first CAF Africa Under-20 Cup of Nations Group A match against the hosts Niger. Amajita are in Group A alongside Niger, Burundi and Nigeria. A top four finish in this eight-nation continental tournament will see Amajita...
It came as a bitter shock to millions of South Africans when the Confederation of African Football took a decision considered by many as a snub to South Africa and awarded Egypt the rights to host the 2019 African Cup of Nations in Dakar last week. It was a bitter pill for me to swallow, especially...
Ahmad Ahmad: Bonjour Danny. I hope irrespective of the challenges that we face daily in our lives; you and the family are well. Things are really bad man. And I know we are currently not the best of buddies but, I really need your help. Danny Jordaan: Hello Ahmad. Calm down and tell me what’s...
South Africa was thrown into Pot 4 together with Argentina, Chile, Nigeria, Cameroon and Jamaica ahead of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup draw at La Seine Musicale on the small island of Ile Seguin on Saturday. The hosts France occupy Pot 1 with England, the United States of America, Germany, Canada and Australia, considered the...
The time has come for SAFA President Danny Jordaan to flex his muscles, wield the big stick and lash a couple of lazy officials within his organization on their buttocks for dropping the ball at a time when we expect everybody to keep their eyes on the ball. I am aware that the Department of Home...
Banyana Banyana are trying to secure a friendly match against the Ghanaian Black Starlets, host of the 2018 African Women Cup of Nations, before the start of the tournament in the West African country from November 17 to December 1. Ghana were drawn with Cameroon, Algeria and Mali in Group A of the biennial tournament that...
The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) - Ahmad Ahmad - came out this week to assure Cameroon that the Central African country would host the 2019 African Nations Cup tournament as agreed. But somehow, I am not convinced. It is not that he speaks in a forked tongue, but I listened to his...
N.B. This article was written back in 2012! Britain has become a scary place to attend and watch matches these days. I say this after watching the Manchester derby last week. When the referee blew the final whistle, which was attended by close on 58 000 spectators at the City of Manchester Stadium, United defender Rio Ferdinand...
