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.
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 female in CAF.
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.
Nothando "Vivo" Vilakazi is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera División club EdF Logroño and the South Africa women's national team.
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 Africa women's national team which she captains.
Nompumelelo "Mpumi" Nyandeni is a South African women's footballer and plays as a midfielder. She played for WFC Rossiyanka in Russia at a club level before returning to South Africa, where she now plays for JVW FC. Mpumi has represented the South Africa women's national football team 149 times, including at both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Andisiwe “Gudluza” Mgcoyi is a South African international women's footballer who plays as a forward. She represented the South Africa women's national soccer team at the 2012 London Olympics.
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 football manager and former player. Dludlu has been the Head Coach of the South African women's national U/17 team since 2017. 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.
Linda Maserame Motlhalo is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Scottish Women's Premier League club Glasgow City FC 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.
The Sasol Women's League is the second-tier South African Women's association football league, sponsored by Sasol since 2013. It is semi-professional, and operates as a provincial league, with 2 "streams" of 8-10 teams in each of South Africa's 9 provinces, and each province's champion then competing in a single-location National Championship tournament. The league's champion from that tournament is promoted to the SAFA Women's League, the runner-up advances to a promotion play-off, while the bottom 2 teams in each province's standings are relegated to the SAFA Regional Women's League of their respective province.
Melinda Kgadiete is a South African soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team.
The SAFA Women's League, known as Hollywoodbets Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the top flight of women's association football in South Africa. The competition is run by the South African Football Association. The league comprises 16 teams which won promotion from their respective Sasol Women's Provincial League divisions. The champion now earns entry into the CAF Women's Champions League.
Letago Madiba is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for Fatih Vatan Spor in the Turkish Women's Super League. She has been a member of the South Africa women's national team.
Hildah Tholakele Magaia is a South African soccer player who plays as a striker for South Korean WK League club Sejong Sportstoto WFC and the South Africa women's national team.
