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Bafana Bafana to return to competitive football in November
After the Sao Tome back-to-back qualifiers, Bafana Bafana will be back in competitive action between 22-30 March 2021 when they host Ghana in the penultimate...
The legend passed away on Monday after succumbing to COVID-19 at the age of 59.
Safa proposed the date after saying that is when match officials would be available for the final 107 games of both the Absa Premiership and Glad Africa Championship.
The world football governing body Fifa has accepted that it is the government's responsibility to approve the return to play date and Safa will update Fifa on the progress achieved.
Safa has appointed Dr Thulani Ngwenya and Mlungisi Ncame as compliance officers to oversee the entire process as prescribed by the correspondence from Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa.
The SA Football Association (Safa) and the Premier Soccer League (PSL) have commissioned a task force to come up with a strategy on when the right time would be for games to be played behind closed doors.
The 9 said contrary to the report’s intentions of dividing the Association, SAFA membership were firmly united and fully behind Dr Jordaan’s astute leadership.
The main area of focus for the proposal had to deal with the health and safety of the players and when it is safe resume the games.
The PSL has been suspended since 16 March with no indication when it will resume but the board of governors has said they hope to the 2019/20 season by June.
National team doctor Thulani Ngwenya revealed that only five teams in the local league have full-time sports physicians - resulting in the majority of teams not having detailed medical data on their players.
As part of the turn-around strategy, SAFA is on the verge of concluding various sponsorships deals that will generate long term and sustainable funding.
The match between First Touch Academy and the University of Johannesburg was delayed by over an hour after referees failed to pitch for the match in time.
Samir Nurkovic broke the deadlock in the Absa Premiership encounter in the seventh minute of the game but there were questions about whether Leonard Castro was offside in the buildup.
South Africa, along with seven other nations including Argentina, Australia and Brazil, are bidding to host the tournament that will feature 32-teams.
The cancellation comes on the back of Zambia also pulling out on a planned friendly they were due to play with South Africa on 7 September.
Chipolopolo and Bafana Bafana were scheduled to square off on Saturday in Zambia.
Having been in the background for most of his career, Molefi Ntseki admitted that it’s his greatest achievement to be named Bafana Bafana coach.
The League will officially kick off this weekend as 12 teams descended on the Nike Football Centre in Soweto to play six games over the two days.
Stuart Baxter confirmed his resignation on Friday morning, just two years into his five-year contract with the national team.