Whakamahia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaarohia a SAFA ki te purei i te Confederation of African Football's 1957 Africa Cup of Nations, engari kaore i pera. Ko nga tuhinga o nga hui i waenga i a SAFA me o raatau hoa mai i Etiopia, Ihipa me Sudan i ngaro ki te ahi na reira kaore i mohiotia te take mana mo te kore o te whakaaturanga. Ko Fred Fell, te māngai o SAFA i FIFA i kī ko SAFA i wehe atu nā te pakanga i te
Ko te Suez Canal. I puta hoki nga korero i peia atu ratou i te whakataetae tuatahi na te mea he pai ta raatau ki te apartheid.