{"id":23166,"date":"2026-02-02T06:13:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-to-host-2026-womens-africa-cup-of-nations-minister\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:01","slug":"sa-to-host-2026-womens-africa-cup-of-nations-minister","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-to-host-2026-womens-africa-cup-of-nations-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"SA\u00a0 to host 2026 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations: Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Deputy Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Peace Mabe has confirmed that South Africa (SA) will be taking over from Morocco to host the 2026 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), with only 60 days from kickoff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Mabe says SA was presented with the opportunity and took it by the horns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Mabe adds, \u201cWe have the necessary infrastructure; our stadiums are well maintained. We have recently held a very successful G20 Conference here in SA, So, yes, we are ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The groups for the WAFCON 2026 are as follows:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Group A: Morocco, Algeria, Senegal and Kenya<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Group B: South Africa, Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Tanzania<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Group C: Nigeria, Zambia, Egypt and Malawi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Group D: Ghana, Cameroon, Mali and Cabo Verde<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22363,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-23166","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Mabe says SA was presented with the opportunity and took it by the horns.","published_date":null,"news_description":"Mabe says SA was presented with the opportunity and took it by the horns.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26221,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23166\/revisions\/26221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}