Friday, 5 March 2021
Busisiwe Mokwena is a sports journalist with multiple awards to her name. She covers all sports, from athletics to netball to road running, but her first love is football.
The Banyana Banyana striker’s exploits in Europe have changed perceptions and opened doors for many South African footballers, who are now cropping up in the best women’s leagues overseas.
Banyana Banyana will play in the Cosafa Women’s Championship with covered-up Nike kits because the South African Football Association’s new technical sponsor hasn’t accommodated women.
The decision by CAF to launch the women’s Champions League was a welcomed move. But their track record on how they have treated women’s football in the past does not inspire confidence.
The president of Netball South Africa has endured many challenges, both personal and professional, in her rise to becoming the sport’s most powerful person in the continent.
Covid-19 was the only thing that could slow Sundowns Ladies’ dominance in the first season of the Safa National Women’s League. Coach and players tell how they took the title with a 100% win record.
The former Safa technical director – who has played every role in the national team, from that of player, team manager and coach – calls on corporates to sponsor women’s football.
Tshepang and Phethisang Makhethe are trailblazers of sorts with their exploits in hammer throwing, an athletics event that doesn’t have many black competitors in South Africa.
The long-awaited national women’s league finally kicked off after years of promises, but the teething problems it has endured have dampened the excitement.
The Safa Women’s National League promises to strengthen women’s football in the country by pitting strength against strength. But what does that mean for the Sasol League National Championships?
The Spar Proteas centre is conflicted about the growing number of South Africans playing netball abroad. It helps the game, but she worries about the impact on player development.
The coach of the senior women’s national netball team has big shoes to fill as she replaces Norma Plummer, who transformed the side into a forceful unit that punches above its weight.
The Banyana Banyana defender is one of the most reliable players in the team, helping them make history at the Olympics and Fifa Women’s World Cup. It’s a pity her No. 1 fan didn’t get to see it.
The Zambian sportswoman is a rare athlete, having successfully switched from one sporting code to another. The former sprinter is now troubling defenders with her pace on the football field.
Despite hiccups, the national women’s league has begun. But there are still more questions than answers for Safa to address to make the league the success women’s football needs it to be.
The national team’s shortcomings in international competition stem from more than having no domestic league, for which coach Desiree Ellis and the South African Football Association are pushing.
The Australian coach came out of retirement to take the Spar Proteas to new heights and wants to go out in style at the upcoming INF Netball World Cup, after which she plans to retire for good.
The Banyana legend has had an illustrious career since her debut at 14. But there is one piece of the puzzle missing and she hopes the World Cup will make her a ‘complete player’.
The lifelong sport advocate has a big task ahead of her as the first woman to head the Federation of Africa University Sports. But the challenge doesn’t faze her.
The South African captain talks about her hope of winning a medal in the Netball World Cup in Liverpool and a career that has taken her to Australia and England.
NSA president Cecilia Molokwane says hosting the World Cup will create a lasting legacy in South Africa and on the continent by professionalising the sport.
Women’s football is essentially a passion project for many players and administrators because the game’s governing body continues to neglect and even humiliate female players.