Four more Banyana Banyana players have signed new contracts with European clubs as the rush of South African internationals to the continent continues. Belarusian Premier League side FC Dinamo Minsk has signed the duo of Rhoda Mulaudzi and Lebogang Ramalepe for the next six months. “I am very excited about this new venture,” said Mulaudzi,
Following an Executive Committee meeting held on Thursday afternoon, the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has decided to bring the 2019/2020 season to an early closure. The decision to close the league has been necessitated by the concerns that the Association has received from various stakeholders especially Government through the Ministry of Health particularly from
Southern African nations are making some tough decisions about how and when to resume football in their country, and what is clear is that there is no easy answer for any of them. Here is an updated round-up of the situation in each of the COSAFA member associations. ANGOLA The 2019/20 Girabola was cancelled with
The Angola Football Federation (FAF) has postponed the draw for the new 2020/21 Girabola season that was due to take place on Wednesday. It is the second time this month the draw has been postponed, after FAF had hoped to conduct it on July 8. In both instances it has been moved due to a
The South African Football Association (SAFA) has confirmed that three match officials tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the restart of the 2019-20 season, but that all are asymptomatic. SAFA Medical Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Dr Thulani Ngwenya, says the positive tests will have no bearing on the restart of the campaign, which is
Listen to Sredojevic’s plans for Chipolopolo: The COSAFA Show Podcast Chipolopolo coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic had a heart-to-heart talk with the Austria-based duo of Patson Daka and Enock Mwepu before they returned to RB Salzburg for pre-season, which commences on July 29. Micho noted that the two players have become great ambassadors of Zambia due
The dawn of a new era for women’s football on the continent has come. After several months, the first ever CAF Women’s Football Strategy, the strategic plan to shape the future of the women’s game has come to fruition. The plan, for an initial four-year period, 2020-2023, is tailor-made taking into consideration peculiarities of the
FIFA have given permission for the Premier Soccer League (PSL) season to be extended beyond the August 31 deadline that had previously been set by chairman Dr Irvin Khoza. The PSL believe they need six weeks to finish the current 2019-20 season, and had set a deadline of the end of next month to do
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) has expelled the Namibia Premier League (NPL) as a member for bringing the association into disrepute. The 16th Extra-Ordinary Congress held in Windhoek moved to terminate the membership of the Namibia Premier League and some of its Executive Committee members after the NFA Executive Committee’s proposal to expel them. The
The Zambian Soccer League made a return this past weekend, even if there was something of a false start on Saturday when leaders Forest Rangers could not take to the field for their clash with Zanaco after a number of positive COVID-19 tests in their camp. But the action did finally get back under way
