The University of the Western Cape is a public research university in Bellville, near Cape Town, South Africa. The university was established in 1959 by the South African government as a university for Coloured people only. Other universities in Cape Town are the University of Cape Town, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and Stellenbosch University. The establishing of UWC was a direct effect of the Extension of University Education Act, 1959. This law accomplished the segregation of higher education in South Africa. Coloured students were only allowed at a few non-white universities. In this period, other "ethnical" universities, such as the University of Zululand and the University of the North, were founded as well. Since well before the end of apartheid in South Africa in 1994, it has been an integrated and multiracial institution.
The South Africa women's national football team, nicknamed Banyana Banyana, is the national team of South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association.
Portia Modise is a South African footballer who was named Player of the Championship at the 2006 Women's African Football Championship. She represented the South Africa national team at the 2012 London Olympics. She became the first African player to score 100 international goals.
University of the Western Cape Stadium, commonly abbreviated and referred to as Operation Room, and sometimes also referred to as University of the Western Cape Sports Ground, is a multi-use stadium, situated in the Bellville suburb of Cape Town, at the Western Cape Province in South Africa. The exact location, is at the Southeastern corner of University of the Western Cape, only 300m from the Unibell railway station. Since its construction in 1983, the stadium has been home to UWC athletics, rugby, soccer and numerous other sporting events and local gatherings. The stadium complex also feature several offices, and became the new official SAFA headquarters for the West Coast Regional League, in August 2006.
Janine van Wyk is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for her own club in South Africa JVW and captains the South Africa women's national team. She is the highest capped player in South Africa with 185 appearances, and highest capped player in CAF.
Amanda Sinegugu Dlamini is a former South African soccer player who is currently a soccer analyst and football administrator. She represented the South Africa women's national team at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Noko Alice Matlou is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera Federación side SD Eibar. She has played for the South Africa women's national team both as a striker and a defender. In 2008, Matlou became the first South African to be named African Women's Footballer of the Year.
Amanda Sister is a South African women's footballer, who plays as a defender. She has made over 40 appearances for the South Africa women's national football team, and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At club level, she most recently played for Italian club San Zaccaria.
Refiloe Jane is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club US Sassuolo and the South African women's national team which she captains.
Desiree Ellis is a South African soccer manager and former player. She currently coaches the South Africa women's national team. She is a founding member of the Banyana Banyana and the second captain of the national team. She was awarded Confederation of African Football Women's Coach of the Year in 2018 after her team finished second place in the African Women Cup of Nations and qualifying for the Women's World Cup for the first time. During her club career she played as a midfielder for Spurs Ladies among other teams.She is honored to have won the African Women Cup of Nations in 2022 after South Africa's long run for a win in the finals.
Andile ‘Sticks’ Dlamini is a South African soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team.
Simphiwe Mendy Dludlu is South African professional soccer manager and former player. Dludlu is the former head coach of the South African women's national U/17. She led the team to their second FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualification in 2018 which was hosted in Uruguay.
Lebogang Ester Ramalepe is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team.
Ode Fulutudilu is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Spanish Liga F club Real Betis and the South Africa women's national team. She has previously played for clubs in South Africa, Finland, Spain, Scotland, and France. She made her debut for South Africa in 2014 and was a member of their 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup squad. Born in Zaire, she and her family initially arrived in South Africa as refugees.
Linda Maserame Motlhalo is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Racing Louisville and the South Africa women's national team. She is also known as the 'Randfontein Ronaldinho'.
Jermaine "Jay" Seoposenwe is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for Mexican Liga MX Femenil club Monterrey and the South Africa women's national team.
Christina Thembi "Pikinini" Kgatlana is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL Femenil and the South Africa women's national team.
Karabo Angel ‘Cream’ Dhlamini is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team.
Noxolo Cesane is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Hollywoodbet's Super League club University of the Western Cape Ladies FC and the South Africa women's national team.
Regirl Makhaukane Ngobeni is a South African teacher and soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for SAFA Women's League side the University of Western Cape and the South Africa women's national team.
