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Bongokuhle Hlongwane was given an opportunity as a teenager in the PSL and subsequently earned a national team call-up and move abroad. (Photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
BAROKA FC

Why do young players struggle for game time in the PSL?

If competent young footballers do not get a reasonable opportunity to play at the highest level, they will not get a chance to represent Bafana Bafana

  • Mamaili Mamaila
9 min read
PSL match attendance was low even before the pandemic. And the decline in South Africans’ appetite for football seems to have spilled over to television viewership as well. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)
ATTENDANCE FIGURES

Have Covid-19 restrictions affected local football teams financially?

PSL match attendance was low even before the pandemic. And the decline in South Africans’ appetite for football seems to have spilled over to television viewership as well

  • Mamaili Mamaila
8 min read
Grand old master: The Odi Stadium in the former Bophuthatswana bantustan is now only used by a few athletes, who still train on its Tartan running track. (Paul Botes/M&G)
BOPHUTHATSWANA

Odi: The life and death of a legendary football stadium

Odi Stadium, a unique behemoth that once held 60 000 fans, is clinging to its existence

  • Luke Feltham
10 min read
Back in the game: Rivaldo Coetzee has worked hard at his rehabilitation after a broken foot bone kept him off the field for almost two years. (Steve Haag/Gallo Images)
AJAX CAPE TOWN

Rivaldo Coetzee clings to a dream

After his move to Celtic fell through, the young gun was forced to reassess what’s worth fighting for. But his ambition to play in Europe remains

  • Luke Feltham
6 min read
Spirited: When he’s not being disciplined by the PSL’s rules committee, Pitso Mosimane, coach and manager of Mamelodi Sundowns, leads his team to great successes on the field. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)
BAFANA BAFANA

Pitso’s ‘passion confused with craziness’

Sundowns coach’s players seem to enjoy playing for the former Bafana Bafana striker

  • Siyabonga Ngcangisa
2 min read
Come hell or high water, they believed Sundowns would change that reality this night. (Lee Warren/Gallo Images)
HLOMPHO KEKANA

Sundowns survive screamer scare

After two successive draws, one against log leaders BidVest Wits, the Yellow Nation demanded that this be the match that secured top spot

  • Luke Feltham
3 min read
(Lee Warren/Gallo)
BLACK LEOPARDS

Sundowns comfortably maul Leopards

Is anyone surprised?

  • Luke Feltham
2 min read
“Is there some new rule I am unaware of that states a substituted player must dash off the field? Please educate me,” Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane asked.
AGENCY

Sundowns coach Mosimane fumes over ‘slow’ substitutions rap

Pitso Mosimane is fuming over his players being accused of time wasting when substituted

  • Agency
2 min read
After nearly 13 months, Jeremy Brockie scored a league goal, his first for Sundowns. (Gallo Images)
JEREMY BROCKIE

The Brockie redemption: Kiwi Assassin promises more goals to come

Jeremy Brockie finally broke his duck for Sundowns last night and is now unafraid to dream of the Golden Boot

  • Luke Feltham
2 min read
Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane. (Gallo)
KHAMA BILLIAT

Pitso: Of course we miss Castro and Billiat

The exciting link-up of Billiat and Castro has been one of the only highlights from a frustrating start to the season by Kaizer Chiefs

  • Luke Feltham
2 min read
The striker was named the Absa Premiership Player and Player’s Player of the Year in 2017/18 and scored 13 goals for Mamelodi Sundowns
AGENCY

Percy Tau excited to make European impact

Masandawana bid Tau farewell, confirming the player’s transfer that smashes the previous record spent on a South African player.

  • Agency
2 min read
One major challenge that the WHO has identified is what happens if the coronavirus spreads into informal settlements and other densely populated areas on the continent. (AFP)
AMAKHOSI

Big stakes in final PSL weekend

As the league draws to a close, the battle to avoid relegation will offer fans quite a thrill

  • Luke Feltham
5 min read
ORLANDO PIRATES

De Sa: ‘Performance wasn’t bad — the result was’

After a last-minute loss to Mamelodi Sundowns, Orlando Pirates coach Roger De Sa says his side will be gunning for second place on the log.

  • Sapa
2 min read
ORLANDO PIRATES

Pirates vs Sundowns: Sun sets on league hopes in clash of former titans

Orlando Pirates versus Mamelodi Sundowns at Orlando Stadium at 3pm this Saturday is the tie of the season’s underachievers.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
Bloemfontein Celtic fans understand the art of supporting a team.
BLOEMFONTEIN CELTIC

Telkom Knockout: Siwelele on song for a samba duel

Whoever wins the Telkom Knockout final, the power balance of South African football will become a shade healthier when the final whistle sounds.

  • Carlos Amato
5 min read
‘We need fans’ support
ANTHONY LAFFOR

Only way is up for Sundowns

After a month of uproar, an odd semblance of peace has descended on Sundowns’ custard-yellow castle in Chloorkop.

  • Carlos Amato
4 min read
Other teams in the PSL are going to battle to stop the Pirates players from celebrating again this year.
CARLOS AMATO 1

Who can stop Fat Alice at Orlando Pirates?

Sources agree that Fat Alice is piling on the kilos again – but her chefs of choice these days wear black and white, not black and gold.

  • Carlos Amato
4 min read
ALEX HERREDIA

Sundowns announce Igesund’s departure

Mamelodi Sundowns announced on Sunday night that coach Gordon Igesund and the club will be parting ways. Recently appointed media and communications manager Mahlatse Mphahlele…

  • Sy Lerman
2 min read
AFZAL KHAN

Downs out to repair dented image

The Premier Soccer League’s chaotically-arranged first round of the Telkom Knockout competition will be launched on Wednesday night when Mamelodi Sundowns will attempt to repair…

  • Sy Lerman
2 min read