Pitso Mosimane is a man on a mission. His plan to improve Bafana Bafana’s prospects in international football is clear and straight to the point. Safa as always, has pledged its full support for its coach.
Like many coaches before him who came f...
There are a lot of players who are ideal for the Soccer World Cup but won’t be participating this year. Instead they will be joining the ranks of the magnitude of other footballers who didn’t make it to South Africa and they will even be harbouri...
1. The Stormers will win the Super 14. That is the local pre-season tourney for the top 14 clubs in the Province/Boland area.
2. Rassie will dictate on field moves via strobe lights from the top of Table Mountain.
3. The Bulls machine will rumb...
A tournament where the hosts never get beyond the first round is always dreaded because the general buzz and interest dies down. Bafana are not doing enough to allay this fear. France went all the way in 1998, South Korea kept the torch burning after...
I usually reserve my judgements about Safa and SA football around the braai, or in a pub, since I don't claim to know everything about football in this country. I can tell you that it is the country's most popular sport, and with SuperSport hopping o...
For several years now, the relationship between Irvin Khoza and Danny Jordaan has been fraught with tension. They are, after all, the most formidable soccer administrators in the country and they have played a crucial role in securing South Africa th...
Everybody loves a winning team but then Bafana are just not doing it. The current Bafana Bafana set-up is not the greatest since South Africa's re-admission to international football in 1992. A lot of questions have to be asked: who are the best coac...
National coach Joel Santana found himself on the ropes this week when he was reportedly summoned to Safa headquarters to account for his team's poor run of results. For the record, Bafana Bafana have now recorded six losses in a row -- their worst ru...
Ah, the internationals week. A perfect time for the forgetfully inclined to suddenly remember the full extent of niggling injuries and writhe in pain to avoid an arduous trip back home for an irritating friendly.
The antics of Benni McCarthy last...
Mamelodi Sundowns are again involved in a vicious media battle with one of the country’s football governing bodies. The confrontation -- between the team and SAFA (South African Football Association) -- is around Katlego Mphela, whom Sundowns’ d...
