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Jan
22
2024
By The African Mirror
South Africa secure emphatic win over neighbours Namibia at Cup of Nations

South Africa secure emphatic win over neighbours Namibia at Cup of Nations

AFCON 2023
SOUTH Africa veteran Themba Zwane scored twice as they comfortably overcame neighbours Namibia 4-0 in their Africa Cup of Nations Group E clash to boost their chances of progressing to the last-16. Zwane’s double at the Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium came after Percy Tau converted a 14th-minute penalty, having fired one wide in their first match against Mali last week, while substitute Thapelo Maseko netted the fourth. The 34-year-old Zwane scored twice in the space of 15 minutes to take a first-half lead from which Namibia never recovered. South Africa, whose victory margin was the biggest of the tournament in…
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Jan
17
2024
By MARK GLEESON
Two goals in six minutes earn Mali win over South Africa

Two goals in six minutes earn Mali win over South Africa

AFCON 2023
MALI took advantage of an early let-off to beat South Africa 2-0 in the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday and take the lead in Group E. After Percy Tau missed a penalty for South Africa, Mali captain Hamari Traore broke the deadlock after an hour and Lassine Sinayoko added a second six minutes later to put the west Africans ahead of Namibia on goal difference in the standings. Traore was quickest to react and scored from centimetres out after South Africa goalkeeper Ronwen Williams had barely kept out a curling free kick from Sekou Koita at the Amadou Gon…
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Aug
03
2021
By The African Mirror
‘For the football purists, there’s no better league than LaLiga’ – Teko Modise

‘For the football purists, there’s no better league than LaLiga’ – Teko Modise

SPORT
TEKO Modise was one of South African football’s greatest thinkers and technicians, so it’s no surprise that the former Bafana Bafana creative midfielder regards Spain’s LaLiga as the best league in the world for the football artist. With the kick-off of the 2021/22 LaLiga season now just days away, Modise brought some Soweto sauce to Spain as he launched the new season’s LaLiga Puma Accelerate and Adrenaline match balls with a special photoshoot in his Meadowlands hometown with football visual artists, Kasi Flavour. “In LaLiga they put the emphasis on what makes football football, which is the highly technical and…
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Jun
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Bafana wins, despite Covid-19 problems

Bafana wins, despite Covid-19 problems

COVID-19
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE South African national football team - Bafana Bafana - overcame setbacks induced by COVID-19 to defeat the visiting Ugandan national team 3-2 in a friendly match at Orlando Stadium, Soweto, yesterday. Bafana took on the cranes without its assistant coach and six players. Hellman Mkhelele, the assistant coach, led the team in the absence of Hugo Broos, the national coach who missed the match. Bafana Bafana's three goals were scored by debutant Evidence Makgopa, who netted a brace and Bongokuhle Hlongwane. Ibrahim Orit and Abdu Lumala scored for The Cranes. One of the team’s assistant coach…
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May
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Veteran Hugo Broos take over Bafana Bafana

Veteran Hugo Broos take over Bafana Bafana

SPORT
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER EXPERIENCED international coach, Hugo Broos, who led Cameroon to be crown African champions in 2017, has signed up to change the fortunes of the South African national soccer team - Bafana Bafana.  Broos, 69, who hails from Belgium, is an veteran coach who understands African football.  He is the 19th coach of Bafana Bafana and replaces Molefi Ntseki, who was fired after he failed to qualify for the African Cup of Nations. Broos has an impressive CV. In addition to coaching the Indomitable Lions to the highest honours in Africa, he has won seven trophies in Belgium,…
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Mar
31
2021
By The African Mirror
Bafana Bafana coach fired after failing to qualify for AFCON

Bafana Bafana coach fired after failing to qualify for AFCON

SPORT
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE South African Football Association (SAFA) has fired coach Molefi Ntseki after the team failed to qualify for the 2022 AFCON tournament in Cameroon. The national football team - Bafana Bafana - lost 0-2 to Sudan in a match which they needed just a point to qualify for the AFCON. SAFA  CEO Teboho Motlanthe announced that SAFA’s national executive committee met this morning and agreed, throught a vote, to terminate Ntseki’s contract.  Motlanthe said he, as head of administration, would attend to all the legalities associated with the decision to part ways with the national coach. He…
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Feb
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Why Bafana haven’t repeated their 1996 success

Why Bafana haven’t repeated their 1996 success

SPORT
BAFANA Bafana’s triumph at the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) held the promise of a new era, one in which the sleeping giant of the continent rose to rival traditional titans Nigeria, Cameroon and the Arab nations to the north. But two and a half decades on, it remains their only success. Bafana Bafana’s fortunes declined slowly at first, then hastened to the point where they are now barely considered outsiders for the biannual continental crown. As FNB Stadium swayed in jubilation at the 2-0 win over Tunisia in the 1996 final and beaming president Nelson Mandela handed the…
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Dec
14
2020
By The African Mirror
Warm tributes to South African soccer star killed in a car crash

Warm tributes to South African soccer star killed in a car crash

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s football community is mourning the tragic death of one of the country’s rising stars, Motjeka Madisha,  who died after a horrific high-speed crash. Fellow soccer stars, fans and football clubs have offered condolences to Madisha (25), a Mamelodi Sundowns and Bafana Bafana defender.   Madisha,who won many titles with Sundowns and seemed destined for greater things in football, died after an accident in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg. The accident took place hours after the club celebrated its 50th anniversary at a gala dinner. It also took place two days after his former team mate, Anele…
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Dec
13
2020
By The African Mirror
South African soccer star dies in car crash

South African soccer star dies in car crash

SPORT
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER Bafana Bafana and Mamelodi Sundowns star defender Motjeka Madisha has been killed in a horrific car accident. Madisha, 25, who won many titles with Sundowns and seemed destined for greater things in football, died after an accident in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg on Saturday evening. The accident took place hours after the club celebrated its 50th anniversary at a gala dinner. It also took place two days after his former team mate, Anele Ngcongca, who also died after a car crash, was buried. Madisha was travelling with an unidentified  passenger in the car, who also died. …
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Nov
17
2020
By The African Mirror
Bafana defeat Sao Tome 4-2 from Percy Tau late heroics

Bafana defeat Sao Tome 4-2 from Percy Tau late heroics

SPORT
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER AFTER  a nervy day that seemed to be a marquee performance from Sao Tome & Principe, the Bafana Bafana duo of Percy Tau and Themba Zwane struck two goals each in Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium to complete their two-legged qualifier with an overall score of 6-2. Tau, easily one of the best players on the park, also enjoyed moving into ninth on South Africa’s all-time goal scoring list with his 88th minute strike. https://twitter.com/CAF_Online/status/1328393646421381121 Bafana are in a favourable position to qualify for the finals in Cameroon. They are tied with group leaders Ghana on nine points. …
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