 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - South Africa yakanga iri imwe yenyika ina dzomuAfrica dzakapinda kokorodzano yeFIFA muna 1953, apo ina dzacho dzakakumbira, uye dzakakunda, kumiririrwa mukomiti inotungamirira yeFIFA. Nokudaro marudzi mana South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt neSudan akavamba Confederation of African Football muna 1956, uye mumiriri weSouth Africa, Fred Fell, akagara pamusangano wokutanga senhengo yakatanga. Zvisinei, zvakakurumidza kuva pachena kuti bumbiro remutemo reSouth Africa rairambidza zvikwata zvine vanhu vemarudzi akasiyana-siyana kuita makwikwi emitambo uye saka zvaigona kungotuma chikwata chevatema chete kana chikwata chevachena chete kuAfrican Cup of Nations ya1957 yakanga yarongwa.. Izvi zvakanga zvisingagamuchirwi nedzimwe nhengo dzeConfederation uye South Africa yakadzingwa mumakwikwi aya, zvisinei mamwe manyuko anoti vakabva vazvipira. 