Safa said that the change has been necessitated by another company that claims that they had the rights to the name first.
“We have been through the various legal routes to determine what the best way forward,” Safa president Kirsten Nematandani said at a media briefing after hold their first national executive meeting of the year.
“We (Safa) have come to a decision that the name we have for our national team should belong to the association and the risks of changing the name will be investigated.”
According to a report put out by Sapa, Nematandani failed to answer the question of whether former Safa CEO Leslie Sedibe resigned or was dismissed, stating “the two parties came to an amicable agreement to part ways”.
Safa also expressed the need to acquire new land in order that the organisation can grow.
“The property we are in now is under public works, so we really have a need for our own land that encompasses training centres, technical centres and hotel accommodation in the region of 100 hectares,” said Nematandani.
He also confirmed Safa will be announcing a new technical sponsor next week.
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We dont want names like "The Itallians", "The Gwedzemani" , "The Rhinos" , "The Anacondas" "Izinsizwa-nsizwa"...no no
@happyperson plz dnt com with ur racist stant here we are just 1 rainbow nation, so what evar name that gose along with ur fulboll is ok, so wht if they com with an english name, u think thats ok???? plz mey bru lets unit nd b 1 natoin.
Whether BB,Makhosi,Dikatse,Mangau, any name with a significant meaning,or wait!maybe,maybe just for lucky charm( Madiba Galaxy)!
is there anything wrong wit zulu names? zulu is the most spoken african language here in south africa so it wouldn't be a bad choice to have a zulu.
Instead of hating on one of africa's most famous tribe, you rather fight for a name that wil have more meaning than these stupid nicknames.
It goes without doubt that the name will come from the mnguni clan, if not that then it will be sotho. the president of safa may be a shagaan or venda but don't expect the name to take that route.
Even the Rainbow Nation is wrong since other races still feel excluded from soccer, e.g. coloureds, whites, and indians.
The name should represent what is truly and uniquely south african like with the rugby team; Springboks, the cricket team; the proteas.
de is no nid of changing the name if u thnk dats why bafana is losn u wrong.
You are missing the point Bra... this is not about winning or losing. Read the story and stop responding after reading only our comments.
Honestly, I dont see any suitable names for Bafana. We'll just wait, maybe someone will come up with a good name. Or else we should just be South Africa.
What's this statement has to do with Bafana changing names. I did not do English grammar as a language, but I wont stand been taken for ride, editor. You have not said anything pertaining to the topic: Bafana to change name!!!