According to Safa, Banyana will face the Copper Queens and the Zebras on Saturday, 10 April and Tuesday, 13 April respectively, with the games taking place at Bidvest Wits Stadium.
In the 26-player list, Spain based trio Thembi Kgatlana, Noko Matlou and Amanda Mthandi are expected, while captain Janine Van Wyk and assistant Refiloe Jane will miss out on the squad.
Kholosa Biyana, Hildah Magaia, Linda Motlhalo, Jermaine Seoposenwe, Karabo Dhlamini, Lebohang Ramalepe and Rhoda Mulaudzi were also among the notable absentees.
Commenting on the doubleheader and roster, Ellis lamented the unfortunate impact of Covid-19 restrictions on the unavailability of some of the foreign players in the team s build-up.
Ellis hoping to make good use of this year to get back on top
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Hildah Magaia secures move to Sweden
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CAF Women Elite Instructors get up to speed
The CAF Women Football Development Department has conducted a 5-day online refreshment course (February 14 to February 18, 2021) for their Elite Women Coaching Instructors across Africa.Â
Desiree Ellis, South African women national team head coach, did not hide her enthusiasm at the end of the work: â
When the CAF Women s strategy was launched and the Champions league was introduced, I was very excited and was looking forward to what was to come. The recent CAF Women Elite Instructor Online Course shows that Women s football on the continent is on the rise. The expertise shared during this course was what is needed to take us to the next level. The talents on the continue will soon rise and shine. A big thank you to Meskerem, Safia [Abdel Dayem] and Raul [Chipenda] for their fantastic efforts in the Women s Football department.
Following her switch, Booysen becomes the latest South African to land a top coaching job outside the country after Pitso Mosimane recently left Mamelodi Sundowns to join Al Ahly in Egypt.
On landing her new role, the South African admitted the ambition and passion of the South Sudan Football Association in women s football development lured her. When I saw what South Sudan was doing in terms of women’s football and the strategy the SSFA has put in place, and what they have done since putting it in place, everything that they have done made me excited and since then I have always wanted to be a part of something like this, Booysen told the SSFA website.