The South African Football Association was incorporated on 23 March 1991, following a long unity process intended to rid football in South Africa of all its past racial division.

Four disparate units came together to form the organisation in Johannesburg to set South African football on the road to a return to international competition after a lifetime of apartheid in soccer.

These four entities were the Football Association of South Africa (FASA), the South African Soccer Association (SASA), the South African Soccer Federation (SASF) and the South African National Football Association (SANFA), who later withdrew from the process only to return again two years later.

SAFA’s inaugural conference in Johannesburg was chaired by Interim Chairman, Mr Mluleki George, of the National Sports Congress (NSC). The proposal for SAFA to apply for CAF membership was taken at this congress. However, SANFA did not agree with this initiative. A Draft Constitution was accepted and referred to all Regions and provinces for further consideration and any proposed amendments were to be thrashed out on 5 May 1991. A 15-member committee was elected to office until February 1992, when elections for a permanent National Executive Committee would be held.

The process culminated in a holistic consensus of all negotiating parties on 8 December 1991.

Source: https://www.safa.net/introduction-to-safa/

Behind the scenes, SAFA has worked long and hard to provide the structures to take football to all levels of the South African community. There are now national age-group competitions from under-12 level up, qualified coaches working around the country and nine provincial affiliates, who are further divided into 52 regions.

National Executive

• President: Dr Danny Jordaan
• Vice-President: Lucas Nhlapo
• Vice-President: Elvis Shishana
• Vice-President: Dr Irvin Khoza^[5]
• Secretary General: Dennis Mumble

National teams

• Under-12 (Tsetse-flies)
• Under-15 (Flying Birds)
• Under-17 (Amajimbos)
• Under-20 (Amajita)
• Under-23 (Amaglug-glug)
• Senior National Team (Bafana Bafana)
• Under-17 Women
• Under-20 Women
• Under-23 Women
• Senior Women’s National Team (Banyana Banyana)

Regions

SAFA’s 9 Provinces and 52 Regions

• SAFA Eastern Cape (Regions: Alfred Nzo, Amathole, Cacadu, Chris Hani, Nelson Mandela Bay, OR Tambo, Ukhahlamba)
• SAFA Free State (Regions: Fezile Dabi, Lejweleputswa, Motheo, Thabo Mofutsanyana, Xhariep)
• SAFA Gauteng (Regions: Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, Metsweding, Sedibeng, Tshwane, West Rand)
• SAFA KwaZulu-Natal (Regions: Amajuba, Ethekwini, iLembe, Sisonke, Ugu, Umgungundlovu, Umkhanyakude, Umzinyathi, Uthukela, Uthungulu, Zululand)
• SAFA Mpumalanga (Regions: Ehlanzeni, Gert Sibande, Nkangala)
• SAFA Northern Cape (Regions: Frances Baard, Kgalagadi, Namakwa, Pixley-Ka-Seme, Siyanda)
• SAFA Limpopo (Regions: Capricorn, Mopani, Sekhukhune, Vhembe, Waterberg)
• SAFA North-West (Regions: Bojanala, Bophirima, Central, Southern)
• SAFA Western Cape (Regions: Boland, Cape Town, Central Karoo, Eden, Overberg, West Coast)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Football_Association#National_Executive