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IOL News
2 hours ago
- Business
- IOL News
Bafana Bafana could still be punished for Teboho Mokoena yellow card blunder, portfolio committee told
Teboho Mokoena celebrates after scoring a goal Teboho Mokoena celebrates after scoring a goal during Bafana Bafana's Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 football match against Morocco. Photo: Sia Kambou/AFP Image: Sia Kambou/AFP It appears that Bafana Bafana are not out of the woods and could still face punishment after Teboho Mokoena played in a World Cup qualifier against Lesotho when he should have been serving a one-match suspension. SAFA officials, including president Danny Jordaan, appeared in front of the portfolio committee on sport, arts and culture on Tuesday, and were often left speechless and at times looked sheepish as they were questioned on accountability. The meeting also laid bare the organisation's terrible financial state. Present with Jordaan were SAFA CEO Lydia Monyepao, CFO Gronie Hluyo, as well as executive member Poobie Govindasamy. Conspicuous by his absence was sports minister Gayton McKenzie. Get your news on the go, click here to join the IOL News WhatsApp channel. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ Ad loading One of the issues confronted was that of Mokoena's participation against Lesotho. Mokoena was supposed to be serving a one-match suspension for that match after being shown two yellow cards in previous qualifying games. That blunder now threatens to derail the team's qualification campaign. It had been thought that Hugo Broos and his men had escaped punishment after Lesotho missed the deadline to complain, but a comment by Govindasamy suggested Bafana Bafana were not yet out of the woods. Demanding accountability from officials, Action SA's Athol Trollip asked what had been done against the individual responsible for missing the yellow cards. It took a while to get an answer from the SAFA officials, who were looking around the room and did not know what to say, Govindasamy eventually spoke up and stated that the issue was still being investigated. 'That matter is still under investigation. It will be dealt with… When FIFA makes that decision, then only can we complete the investigation,' Govindasamy said, suggesting that world football's governing had not yet decided how they were going to deal with it. Explaining how the blunder could have happened, Govindasamy added: 'FIFA, CAF and the match commissioner were not informed of the yellow cards. When you get to a match commissioner's meeting, that's when you're alerted to this. Even SAFA was not alerted. It came up after the game against Lesotho.' IOL Sport
The Citizen
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Citizen
Khumalo to lead Bafana Bafana in Cosafa Cup
"This is another Bafana Bafana team and I'm happy, I'm excited," said Khumalo. The South African Football Association (SAFA) have confirmed Vela Khumalo will lead Bafana Bafana in the 2025 Cosafa Cup. The regional tournament will be held in Bloemfontein from 4-15 June 2025. ALSO READ: AmaZulu release Bafana Bafana goalkeeper – report Khumalo, who is also the South African U17 men's national team coach, will be assisted by Reneilwe Letsholonyane while Molefi Ntseki will serve as technical advisor. Khumalo said he was excited with the challenge of leading Bafana in Bloemfontein. 'We are looking forward to this tournament and we're playing at home, we're playing in Bloemfontein, and we cannot compromise the team. This is another Bafana Bafana team and I'm happy, I'm excited. We want to go through, and we want to win COSAFA (Cup),' Khumalo told SAFA media. 'I remember the last time we won it with coach Morena Ramoreboli when we were co-coaches, now it's me alone. I think this is the right time for us to express ourselves and show how we as South Africans are on the winning streak, and we are happy and in a good space,' added the Kaizer Chiefs Diski Challenge side coach. SAFA technical committee chairman Jack Maluleke said Khumalo and U20 Africa Cup of Nations-winning coach Raymond Mdaka were to lead the COSAFA team, but the draw and workshop for the U20 FIFA World Cup this week put paid to that plan. ALSO READ: Blom leaves Kaizer Chiefs as squad overhaul begins 'Unfortunately, coach Raymond is not around because he is attending the FIFA draw and workshop for the Under-20 national teams in Chile. So, we felt that we must give him a break because he was in Egypt at the U20 Africa Cup of Nations (SA won the tournament and are the African champions) only a few days ago and after that he went to Chile to the workshop,' explained Maluleke. Meanwhile, Khumalo has announced his squad for the COSAFA Cup. Khumalo included Chiefs players in the squad. The five players are goalkeeper Bruce Bvuma, defender Aden McCarthy, midfielders Thabo Cele and Mduduzi Shabalala and striker Wandile Duba. The full Bafana Cosafa squad:
Days of Palestine
6 days ago
- Days of Palestine
Ward: The Sole Survivor of Her Family's Massacre
Days of Palestine – Wandering through the charred remains of her childhood, little Ward al-Sheikh Khalil wanders amid the flames that claimed her family. Her eyes search desperately for safety in a world reduced to ashes—yet she is the only one left. The lone witness to the inferno that consumed Fahmi al-Jerjawi School in the Al-Daraj neighborhood of eastern Gaza City. 'Ward is in a state of deep shock and psychological trauma. She's often silent, then suddenly screams out for her mother, father, and siblings,' said her uncle, Eyad al-Sheikh Khalil, describing her fragile condition after surviving a massacre that took everyone she loved. A Scene Beyond Endurance 'Ward is just six years old,' he told SAFA, 'but she lived through a nightmare that no adult could endure. She saw her entire family perish in the fire—yet she survived to carry the memory alone.' 'She barely responds to us emotionally—as if only her body remains. Her spirit has gone to join her parents and siblings.' At dawn on Monday, Israeli forces bombed the school where Ward's family and dozens of other displaced civilians had sought shelter. Thirty-one people were killed—18 of them children, 6 women—and dozens more were injured in what witnesses described as a horrific and deliberate attack. Footage shared widely online showed Ward wandering inside a burning classroom, searching for a way out. She had been sleeping beside her mother, holding onto her finger, moments before the blast. Somehow, she let go—perhaps spared by fate to testify to the unspeakable loss. Now, the memory of that fire lives within her—a permanent scar left by an attack that spared no child, no home, no refuge. Grief Beyond Words 'Ward never left her mother's side. Her mother was her safety in a world stripped of every shred of it,' her uncle continued. 'Now she's alone, trembling at every distant explosion.' Ward no longer speaks clearly. Her voice is frozen by trauma—except for a few repeated, devastating phrases: 'Mama is a martyr… Baba too… Abd, Silwan, Muhammad, Amal… they're all in heaven. The occupation killed them. They left me and went away.' Her uncle described the state of the bodies: 'We couldn't even recognize them. Their features were gone, melted by fire. The Israeli occupation used weapons that didn't just kill—they erased.' A Future Rebuilt in Grief Eyad al-Sheikh Khalil says he will raise Ward as his own. 'I'll bring her into my home with my children and wife. I want her to feel love again—to believe that family isn't entirely lost.' Then he asked a question that cuts to the core: 'Where are the Arab states when it comes to Ward and children like her? Didn't the image of her in flames, trying to survive, stir their conscience? Haven't Gaza's children suffered enough?' He called on the international community to act: 'This genocide must end. No more children should go through what Ward has. The bloodshed must stop.' Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli military has deliberately targeted 241 shelters and displacement centers in Gaza—turning places of refuge into mass graves. Shortlink for this post:
Saba Yemen
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Zionist settlers besiege Auja Waterfall in attempt to isolate community
Areha - Saba: On Tuesday, Israeli settlers surrounded the Al-Auja Waterfall Bedouin community, north of Jericho, and grazing their sheep amidst the homes of residents. The Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights said that groups of settlers surrounded the Al-Auja Waterfall community in an attempt to isolate it from its surroundings and separate residents from each other, in preparation for imposing complete control over the area, according to the Palestinian News Agency (SAFA). The organization noted that settlers are using various methods to pressure residents, including intimidation and daily harassment, with the aim of creating division and disintegration within the community. This threatens the social fabric and weakens the residents' ability to persevere and remain on their land. The organization emphasized that these practices represent a dangerous escalation in the policies of displacement and creeping annexation pursued by the Israeli occupation authorities, supported by settlers. The organization called on human rights and humanitarian organizations to take urgent action to stop these violations. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
The South African
23-05-2025
- Sport
- The South African
Steenbok: My salary was equivalent to what SAFA pays for Broos' rent
Former South African Football Association (SAFA) Technical Director Walter Steenbok has dropped another bombshell. Steenbok left SAFA in March – two-and-a-half-years into this contract with the association after enduring a difficult period. Speaking to Andile Ncube on Metro FM on Thursday, Steenbok revealed that his salary as SAFA's Technical Director was equivalent to what the association is paying for Hugo Broos' rent. Broos is staying in the same building as Kaizer Chiefs coach Nasreddine Nabi in Sandton but how much SAFA pays for his rent is unknown. And Steenbok, who further revealed that Amajita coach Raymond Mdaka was not earning more than R25 000, said the issue of his own salary was part of many problems he had with SAFA. SAFA house in Johannesburg. Photo: ANTONIO MUCHAVE 'I think I need to say this… and I need to say this to our people. You see the respect for black professionals in South Africa in black organisations is a big, big problem,' said Steenbok. 'And I'm telling you this, and maybe not for the first time… my salary was equivalent to the amount that Hugo Broos pays for his rent. 'And if you check the organogram of FIFA, the Technical Director is at the same level as the coach. 'Even though in terms of the responsibilities, my responsibility is on the football development, but that's just that,' added Steenbok. Let us know by leaving a comment below, or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 0211 Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp, Facebook, X and Bluesky for the latest news.
