The SA Football Association and its professional affiliate – Premier Soccer League – did the right thing under prevailing circumstances by suspending all their activities in line with the call made by the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa who declared the coronavirus a national disaster. This followed decisions by FIFA, CAF, the English Premier League, Botswana,...
The South African Football Association (SAFA) has hinted that they will lodge an appeal with the Court of Arbitration in Lausanne after the Confederation of African Football Association (CAF) had rejected their Appeal against the Disciplinary Committee decision imposed following their withdrawal from the FUTSAL tournament. South Africa fell foul to CAF when they pulled out...
The South African Football Association (SAFA) through its CEO Gay Mokoena certainly threw the cat among pigeons on Saturday when they claimed that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Committee that charged them for withdrawing from the FUTSAL tournament was illegitimate and not properly constituted. In their documents lodged with CAF appealing the decision to...
The South African Football Association (SAFA) officially lodged an appeal against the decision of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to impose a US$65 000 fine as well as suspension from two future FUTSAL AFCON tournaments for their decision to withdraw from the tournament. South Africa appears to be basing their argument on the minutes of...
The South African Football Association (SAFA) executive committee has taken a painful but necessary decision to withdraw from the CAF 2020 FUTSAL African Cup of Nations tournament scheduled for Laayoun in Western Sahara from January 28 to February 7. The SAFA CEO Gay Mokoena has been mandated by the executive committee to write a letter to...
