Shugaban South Africa Football Association (SAFA), Danny Jordaan, ya yabi zuba jarin da FIFA ta yi cikin gaske a cikin ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka, yana mai cewa shi ne ya taimaka Bafana Bafana su kai mataki na knockout a FIFA World Cup 2026 — karon farko da ƙasar ta kai zagaye na biyu na gasar.

Bayan an sake zaɓe shi a matsayin Shugaban SAFA a wa'adi na hudu, Jordaan ya nuna godiya ga Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino da Mataimakin Shugaba Patrice Motsepe. «Afirka ta amfana sosai karkashin jagorancin su,» ya ce.

Nahiya da ƙarshe tana samun cancantarta

Jordaan ya nuna sauyin da ya faru a wakilcin Afirka a FIFA World Cup. A shekarar 1994 — lokacin ƙarshe da Arewacin Amirka ta karbi bakunci — Afirka ta samu guraben cancanta uku kawai. Wannan adadi ya ninka sau uku zuwa tara, tare da wuri ɗaya na play-off, wanda ya ba ƙasashe 10 na Afirka damar shiga FIFA World Cup 2026. Tara daga cikinsu sun kai zagaye na knockout.

«Afirka ta nuna dalilin da ya sa ta cancanci wakilci mafi yawa, daga Egypt, Côte d'Ivoire… Cabo Verde da ta dauki zukatan duniya, da kuma Bafana Bafana tamu,» in ji Jordaan.

Ya bayyana wannan faɗaɗawar dama a matsayin mataki na «magance rashin daidaito na duniya da ya daɗe a ƙwallon ƙafa», yana mai jayayya cewa hazakar nahiyar ta kasance ta duniya koyaushe. «Afirka tana fitar da mafi kyawun 'yan wasan duniya kullum idan an ba mu damar bunƙasa. Kowane shiri da ke ba da wannan damar zai kasance yana da goyon bayenmu.»

Shirin FIFA Forward yana canza wasa

A tsakiyar wannan bunƙasar akwai FIFA Forward Programme, wanda ya sake rarraba sama da dolar Amurka biliyan 5.1 ga ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da na yanki tun lokacin da Infantino ya hau mulki shekaru goma da suka wuce. Kowane Ƙungiyar Mambobi ta karbi har zuwa dolar Amurka miliyan 8 a mataki 3.0 na shirin — ninkin sau bakwai na adadin farkon shekarar 2016.

Jordaan ya fayyace cewa gudun Bafana Bafana a Gasar Kofin Duniya bai kasance haɗari ba. «Wannan shine samar da ƙwararru yana aiki,» ya ce — tsarin da aka gina shi kan shekaru na zuba jari da gangan a cikin koyarwa, kayayyakin more rayuwa, da bunƙasa matasa.

Ci gaba a kowane matakin

Ci gaban Afirka ta Kudu ya wuce ƙungiyar maza ta manyan. Banyana Banyana, bayan kasa cancanta a yunƙurin su shida na farko na FIFA Women's World Cup, sun samu tagomashi a 2019 da 2023 — sun kai zagaye na 16 a na ƙarshe — kuma suna cikin gasa don matsayi a FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 ta hanyar play-offs na ƙungiyoyi daban-daban. A halin yanzu suna matsayi na biyu a Afirka a FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking.

A mataki na matasa, ƙungiyar maza ta U-20 ta lashe kambun nahiya na farko kafin ta kai zagaye na 16 a FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025 a Chile. 'Yan wasan U-17 sun cancanci FIFA U-17 World Cup a karo na biyu a bara, yayin da ƙungiyar U-15 za ta wakilci Afirka ta Kudu a na farko FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival a Azerbaijan a wannan watan.

A matakin kulob, Mamelodi Sundowns FC sun shiga FIFA Club World Cup 2025, sun lashe wasa ɗaya, sannan sun lashe CAF Champions League ta biyu kuma sun doke Al Ahli na Saudiyya a FIFA African–Asian–Pacific Cup watan jiya. Kulob din yanzu yana wasa ɗaya kacal daga wuri a karshe na FIFA Intercontinental Cup. Ƙungiyar mata ta Mamelodi, a nasu bangare, za su buga gasar nahiya ta uku daga baya a wannan shekara — tare da wuri a FIFA Women's Champions Cup 2027 a hannunsu.

Gina tsarin ƙwallon ƙafa

SAFA yanzu tana fitar da ƙungiyoyi na ƙasa 12 kuma ta horar da ƙwararru sama da 3,000 a cikin shekaru hudu da suka wuce. Mayar da hankali kan ƙwallon ƙafa na mata ya haɗa da kafa SAFA Girls Academy a University of Pretoria High Performance Centre da Clapham High School, da aka ba da kuɗi ta hanyar dolar Amurka miliyan 1.4 daga shirin FIFA Forward 3.0, inda 'yan wasa 25 ke samun horon ɓangare na sama yanzu haka.

Shirin farko-farko ya kawo abubuwan FIFA Women's Football Campaign ga 'yan mata masu shekara 6 zuwa 12 a lardunan da dama. SAFA ta kuma ƙaddamar da kwasfar lasisin CAF B na malamai masu horar da ƴan mata kawai, a haɗin gwiwa da FIFA Coaching Education Scholarship Programme, kuma ta karbi bakuncin FIFA Women Coach Educators Pathway Programme na farko a Afirka a watan Satumba.

«Bayan ƙungiyoyin ƙasarmu, mun kasance muna aiki tuƙuru kan tsarin ƙwallon ƙafa mai fa'ida,» in ji Jordaan.