{"id":26170,"date":"2026-03-02T11:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T11:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=26170"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T11:42:13","slug":"standard-bank-backs-bafana-bafana-ahead-of-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=26170","title":{"rendered":"Standard Bank backs Bafana Bafana ahead of World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>The cat may have been let out of the bag over the weekend, but banking giant Standard Bank confirmed on Monday that it is backing South Africa\u2019s national football team Bafana Bafana ahead of this year\u2019s Fifa World Cup in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>The sponsorship also extends to all national teams, including the women\u2019s and junior teams.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Standard Bank\u00a0executives did not want to reveal the rand value of the four-year sponsorship deal.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bafana Bafana will be in the global spotlight as it faces co-host nation Mexico (hosting with US and Canada) in the opening match of the soccer spectacle in Mexico City on 11 June at the iconic Azteca Stadium.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read:<br \/>Ex-Fifa boss Blatter joins chorus telling fans to shun World Cup<br \/>US investors pump millions into Mexican soccer ahead of World Cup<\/p>\n<p>Standard Bank South Africa CEO David Hodnett, said: \u201cFor Standard Bank, the sponsorship is a natural extension of our commitment to South Africa. Football remains the most widely followed sport in South Africa, playing a unique role in uniting communities and inspiring national pride aligned to our purpose \u2013 Africa is our home, we drive her growth\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"MjjYud\">\n<div class=\"A6K0A\" data-rpos=\"6\">\n<div class=\"wHYlTd Ww4FFb tF2Cxc asEBEc vt6azd\" lang=\"en\" data-hveid=\"CC0QAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiJvaLGgoGTAxXHTkEAHdgiJtAQFSgAegQILRAA\">\n<div class=\"N54PNb BToiNc\" data-snc=\"ardJW\">\n<div class=\"kb0PBd A9Y9g\" data-snf=\"nke7rc\" data-sncf=\"1\">\n<p class=\"VwiC3b yXK7lf p4wth r025kc Hdw6tb\">Yolisa Koza, head of Brand Experience at Standard Bank Group, said it represented a \u2018landmark partnership\u2019 between Africa\u2019s largest bank by assets and the South African Football Association (Safa).<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis is a pivotal moment for Standard Bank, which has operations in 21 countries on the African continent. This major sponsorship sees us back all the national football teams as well as at grassroots level,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Safa president Danny Jordaan said the Standard Bank sponsorship deal is an important milestone ahead of the 2026 Fifa World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada, especially with Bafana Bafana qualifying for the tournament for the first time in 16 years.<\/p>\n<p>Read: Johannesburg CBD\u2019s \u2018Field of Dreams\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>* More to follow\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Follow Moneyweb\u2019s in-depth finance and business news on WhatsApp here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#Standard #Bank #backs #Bafana #Bafana #ahead #World #Cup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cat may have been let out &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[999,2166,14856,200,1076,1201,51],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}