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MTN 8 is the current branding for a South African soccer cup competition launched in 1972 for teams who finished in the top 8 positions of the league table of the country's preceding top-flight league (currently the Betway Premiership) season.
The UCT Mathematics Competition is an annual mathematics competition for schools in the Western Cape province of South Africa, held at the University of Cape Town. Around 7000 participants from Grade 8 to Grade 12 take part, writing a multiple-choice paper. Individual and pair entries are accepted, but all write the same paper for their grade.
Association football, or soccer, as it is usually called in South Africa, is the nation's most popular sport followed by rugby union and cricket.The governing body is the South African Football Association (SAFA), [1] while the Premier Soccer League is the organisation responsible for running the country's two professional divisions, namely the South African Premiership and the National First ...
The league's broadcaster is SuperSport, who in turn sub-leases the broadcasting rights to the SABC, so as to broadcast some matches on public television in South Africa. SuperSport was awarded an initial $277 million 5-year broadcast/TV rights deal in 2007 by the Premier Soccer League to help commercialize the league globally beyond South Africa.
Itumeleng Khune is the second most capped South African international of all time, behind Aaron Mokoena. The South Africa national soccer team played their first international in 1906, [1] and were founder members of the Confederation of African Football in 1956, but due to their apartheid system were banned from the confederation in 1958 and from FIFA in 1976. [2]
This is a list of association football or soccer clubs in South Africa For a complete list see Category: ... Free State Women's F.C.
University Sport South Africa discussed the Varsity Football proposal at its 2012 annual general meeting. The idea was initially rejected, as it was seen to split the member institutions. [ 4 ] However, it was later accepted, and 2013 was the inaugural season of Varsity Football, with an 8 team men's tournament. [ 5 ]
The 2013 Varsity Football tournament was won by UP-Tuks. [8] The 2013 Women's Varsity Football tournament was won by UJ Ladies. [9] The inaugural Varsity Netball competition was won by UFS-Kovsies. [10] The 2013 rugby sevens and volleyball tournaments were won by defending champions Maties and UWC respectively. [11]