South Africa has earned nominations in five major womenโs categories from seven they have been pitted in for the 2025 CAF Awards, announced on Friday.
Mzansi football has been on an upward trajectory for the past few years as Banyana Banyana won their maiden AFCON title back in 2022, while the Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies team secured two CAF Womenโs Champions League titles as well as winning the CAF Club of the Year title in 2022 and 2023.
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On Friday, CAF announced the seven categories with South Africa being nominated in five of those.
Hereโs a look at the categories:
๐๐น๐๐ฏ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ (๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป)
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ (๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป)
Banyana Banyana
๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ (๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป)
Desiree Ellis โ Banyana Banyana head coach
๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ (๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป)
Bambanani Mbane โ Banyana Banyana & Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies defender
๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ (๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป)
Andile Dlamini โ Banyana Banyana & Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper
Nominees for the menโs categories will be announced in the coming days.
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