SAFA CEO Lydia Monyepao has confirmed that they are edging a step closer to implementing Video Assistant Referee (VAR) and will meet COSAFA and FIFA tomorrow to start the process of training referees for VAR.
With just days to go before the highly contested South African Football Association (SAFA) elections, the local football mother body’s CEO Lydia Monyepao has apologised to the National Executive Committee (NEC) over an incorrect extract from the association’s statutes that had sparked allegations of constitutional manipulation and prompted a police complaint.
With just 15 days to the South African Football Association (SAFA) elective congress, the football motherbody’s CEO, Lydia Monyepao, has revealed that not all the regions have wrapped up their elections yet.
The huge discrepancy in the salary packages between the soon-to-be-announced Bafana Bafana head coach Pitso Mosimane and his predecessor was another talking point that dominated the Parliamentary Committee of Sport, Arts and Culture meeting with the South African Football Association.
SABC Sport has established that Bafana Bafana's departure for the FIFA World Cup has been delayed due to an ongoing visa issue affecting a significant portion of the travelling delegation.
SABC Sport has learnt that Jamaica will give Bafana Bafana the much-needed final run before their 2026 FIFA World Cup opener against co-hosts Mexico.