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.
Vera Pauw is a Dutch football coach and former player who most recently managed the Ireland women's team. She has managed several national women's football teams, including Scotland, Netherlands, Russia and South Africa.
Women's soccer began in South Africa during the 1960s and gained popularity in the 1990s, when the first national women's team was formed.
Janine van Wyk is a former South African professional soccer defender and owner of JVW F.C., a club she founded and bears her name. Van Wyk was the captain of the South African women's national team, has the most international caps among African women's national teams with 185 and was the first South African ever to play in the U.S. National Women's Soccer League.
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 CP Cacereño Femenino. She has played for the South Africa women's national team both as a striker and a defender.
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 and captain for the South African women's national team. She is currently a free agent,after playing most recently for Italian Serie A club US Sassuolo.
Roxanne Kimberly Barker is a South African soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club SC Heerenveen and the South Africa women's national team.
Desiree Ellis is a South African soccer manager and former player. She currently coaches the South Africa women's national team.
Simphiwe Mendy Dludlu is a 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.
Mamello Makhabane is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for TS Galaxy Queens and the South Africa women's national team.
Lebogang Ester Ramalepe is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team.
Gloria Thato is a South African football winger. She plays for University of Pretoria and the South Africa women's national football team.
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'.
Bambanani Nolufefe Mbane 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.
Chrestinah Thembi 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.
Rhoda Mulaudzi is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies and the South Africa women's national team.
Aisha Buhari Invitational tournament is a football tournament organized by the Nigeria Football Federation for the female national team.
