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South Africa national football team

Baxter squabbles a leadership struggle by another name

AFCON Qualifiers

Baxter squabbles a leadership struggle by another name

By Antoinette Muller

Madagascar shock South Africa, Zimbabwe also reach semis

South Africa

Madagascar shock South Africa, Zimbabwe also reach semis

By AFP

Reporter’s Sporting Weekend Notebook: A week of epic World Cup fails

South Africa

Reporter’s Sporting Weekend Notebook: A week of epic World Cup fails

By Antoinette Muller

Reporter’s Weekend Sporting Notebook: Boks, Bafana and baffling Ollie le Roux

Sport

Reporter’s Weekend Sporting Notebook: Boks, Bafana and baffling Ollie le Roux

By Antoinette Muller

The Paper Round: Safa’s lessons in how not to appoint a coach

South Africa

The Paper Round: Safa’s lessons in how not to appoint a coach

By Antoinette Muller

Who’d be a national sports coach in South Africa?

South Africa

Who’d be a national sports coach in South Africa?

By Antoinette Muller

Newsdeck

Mashaba sacked as Bafana coach

By News24

Soccer: The trials and tribulations of Bafana and Shakes Mashaba

South Africa

Soccer: The trials and tribulations of Bafana and Shakes Mashaba

By Antoinette Muller

Onside/Offside: The Sporting week that was, October 16-21

South Africa

Onside/Offside: The Sporting week that was, October 16-21

By Antoinette Muller

Newsdeck

South Africa icon Tovey suffers heart attack

By AFP

While you were sleeping: 12 October 2016

South Africa

While you were sleeping: 12 October 2016

By John Stupart

Mosimane’s second Sundowns title, a sterling transformation success story

South Africa

Mosimane’s second Sundowns title, a sterling transformation success story

By Antoinette Muller

Bafana Bafana: From bad to worse

Sport

Bafana Bafana: From bad to worse

By Antoinette Muller

South Africa 2035: Mandela Magic Lite or Down the Tubes?

South Africa

South Africa 2035: Mandela Magic Lite or Down the Tubes?

By Marianne Thamm

Bafana:

Sport

Bafana:

By Antoinette Muller

Op-Ed: Step down, Danny Jordaan

Sport

Op-Ed: Step down, Danny Jordaan

By Antoinette Muller

So long, Shoes, South Africa is poorer without you

Sport

So long, Shoes, South Africa is poorer without you

By Antoinette Muller

Afcon 2015, Group Stage: Cinderella stories, Claude Le Roy, drawing of lots, and more.

Sport

Afcon 2015, Group Stage: Cinderella stories, Claude Le Roy, drawing of lots, and more.

By Antoinette Muller

AFCON 2015: Five things we learned from Bafana’s failed campaign

Sport

AFCON 2015: Five things we learned from Bafana’s failed campaign

By Antoinette Muller

Bafana’s last shot at AFCON: It’s Ghana be tough!

Sport

Bafana’s last shot at AFCON: It’s Ghana be tough!

By Antoinette Muller

Afcon 2015: Great Shakes! South Africa’s ‘Senegalean’ task

Sport

Afcon 2015: Great Shakes! South Africa’s ‘Senegalean’ task

By Antoinette Muller