The Fédération Internationale de Football Association,more commonly known by its acronym FIFA,is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football,beach soccer,and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium,Denmark,France,Germany,the Netherlands,Spain,Sweden,and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zurich,Switzerland,its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must also be members of one of the six regional confederations:CAF (Africa),AFC,UEFA (Europe),CONCACAF,OFC (Oceania),and CONMEBOL.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela,also known as Winnie Mandela,was a South African anti-apartheid activist and the second wife of Nelson Mandela. She served as a Member of Parliament from 1994 to 2003,and from 2009 until her death,and was a deputy minister of arts and culture from 1994 to 1996. A member of the African National Congress (ANC) political party,she served on the ANC's National Executive Committee and headed its Women's League. Madikizela-Mandela was known to her supporters as the "Mother of the Nation".
Joseph Sepp Blatter is a Swiss former football administrator who served as the eighth President of FIFA from 1998 to 2015. He has been banned from participating in FIFA activities since 2015 as a result of the FIFA corruption case made public that year,and will remain banned until 2027.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup,the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations. In 2004,the international football federation,FIFA,selected South Africa over Egypt and Morocco to become the first African nation to host the finals.
The South Africa men's national soccer team represents South Africa in men's international soccer and it is run by the South African Football Association,the governing body for Soccer in South Africa. Nicknamed Bafana Bafana,the team's home ground is FNB Stadium,which is located in Johannesburg. The team is a member of both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF). The team are one of the most well-supported national sides in Africa,and are recognized by their traditional yellow-green kits.
Lucas Valeriu Ntuba Radebe OIS is a South African former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
First National Bank Stadium or simply FNB Stadium,also known as Soccer City and The Calabash,is an association football (soccer) and Rugby union stadium located in Nasrec,bordering the Soweto area of Johannesburg,South Africa. The site is managed by Stadium Management South Africa (SMSA) and is home of Kaizer Chiefs F.C. in the South African Premier Soccer League as well as the venue for key fixtures for the South Africa national football team.
The South African Football Association is the national administrative governing body that controls the sport of football in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) and is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). SAFA established in 1991. The South African Football Association is the second Football Association in South Africa to be named the South African Football Association and it is also the second football association in South Africa to affiliate to FIFA. The present day South African Football Association,unlike its predecessor allows for a mixed-race national team.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is a soccer and rugby union stadium in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It hosted 2010 FIFA World Cup matches,including the third-place play off. It is the home of Chippa United Football Club and formerly of rugby union team Southern Kings.
Issa Hayatou was a Cameroonian sports executive,athlete,and football administrator best known for serving as the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) between 1988 and 2017. He served as the acting FIFA president until 26 February 2016 as the previous president Sepp Blatter was banned from all football-related activities in 2015 as a part of the that year's FIFA corruption investigation. In 2002,he ran for president of FIFA but was defeated by Blatter. He was also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Zakumi the Leopard was the official mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa. He is an anthropomorphized leopard with green hair who was announced on September 22,2008.
Jennifer Ferguson is a South African singer-songwriter and political activist,and former member of Parliament for the African National Congress in South Africa. She recorded her first two albums of music through Shifty Records and was part of a burgeoning political music,theatre and cabaret scene in Johannesburg during the late 1980s.
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup bidding process was the process used by FIFA to select the host for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. There were two bids from three countries that sought to host the 2023 FIFA's Women's World Cup. The final bids submitted were from Australia–New Zealand and Colombia. On 25 June 2020,the combined Australia and New Zealand bid officially won the bid to host the Women's World Cup.
Bicks Ndoni was a South African politician who served as chief whip of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality from August 2018 until his death in January 2020. He was previously the deputy mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay under the mayoralty of Danny Jordaan. Ndoni served as the mayor of Uitenhage transitional council in the 1990s. He was an African National Congress (ANC) politician.
Tsepo Winston Mhlongo is a South African politician. As a member of the Democratic Alliance,he served as a councillor in the City of Johannesburg until the 2014 national election,when he was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa. After that,he was appointed Shadow Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform. Mhlongo became the Shadow Minister of Sport and Recreation in January 2017 before he was selected to be Shadow Minister of Sports,Arts and Culture in June 2019. On 1 December 2023,Mhlongo was expelled from the DA and lost his parliamentary membership. He has since joined ActionSA.
Kirsten Nematandani is a former South African Football Association (SAFA) president and businessman. He became the president of the Venda Football Association (VEFA) in 1988.
Babalwa Lobishe is a South African politician who has been the deputy mayor of Nelson Mandela bay since 2023. She represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature from 2019 until 2023. In December 2021,she was additionally elected as Regional Chairperson of the ANC's branch in Nelson Mandela Bay.
Litho Suka is a South African politician and former educator who served as a councillor of Nelson Mandela Bay from 2015 until 2021. He was chief whip of council between 2015 and 2016. Prior to serving in council,Suka was a Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces from 2014 to 2015 and before that,a member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2009 to 2014. Suka had served as a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature from 1994 until 2009. He is a member of the African National Congress.
Linda Morris Mti is a retired South African politician and civil servant who is best known for his tenure as National Commissioner of Correctional Services from 2001 to 2006. He currently faces charges of corruption,fraud,and money laundering in connection with contracts illegally awarded to Bosasa during his tenure as commissioner.
Mwelo Nonkonyana is a South African politician,sports administrator,and Pondo traditional leader. He is currently serving as provincial chairperson of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) in the Eastern Cape,an office which he formerly held from 1991 to 2008. He is also a former vice-president of the South African Football Association (Safa).
