Almost a decade ago, a group of college students inflicted one of the most humiliating defeats imaginable on the mighty Orlando Pirates in the Nedbank Cup - the South African version of the FA Cup. The Maluti Further Education and Training (FET) students then campaigning in the third tier of South African football handed Pirates a...
By Andile Dladla & Mandla Dladla Supersport United have lost several key members that catapulted the club to finish the season third on the DStv Championship but have gone on an impressive signing spree that included Bafana Bafana centre-back Siyanda Xulu who was unveiled as their latest addition. The former Rostov, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Turan-Tovuz IK...
By Andile Dladla & Mandla Dladla Banyana Banyana head coach Desiree Ellis is under no illusion about the heavy task that awaits South Africa at the African Women Cup of Nations tournament that gets underway in Morocco from July 2. South Africa has been paired with their perennial nemesis Nigeria with debutants Buundi and Botswana in Group...
By Mandla and Andile Dladla The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finally kicked off on the 9th of January in Cameroon after it was postponed last year due to logistical challenges but now the whole world gets to watch and experience the magic of African football. There has been a lot of drama and several federations...
By Andile and Mandla Dladla British born self-published author and journalist Satish Sekar is an adventurer who has established himself as a statistician and historian of note regarding African football. He was recently in South Africa to cover the World Cup qualifying matches between Ghana against Ethiopia and Zimbabwe against South Africa and confessed to have attended...
By Andile Dladla It all boils down to this weekend’s final 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers with South Africa facing two crunch matches against Zimbabwe at home on Thursday and Ghana in the Cape Coast on Sunday. There had been acrimony, accusations and all the gamesmanship involved in a clash of this magnitude as South Africa leads...
By Mandla Dladla and Andile Dladla There are reporters and there are journalists. Velile Mnyandu falls in the latter category and has established himself as one of the foremost media practitioners who has earned respect among his peers from across the continent with his incisive and enjoyable articles and views. Success did not come overnight for Mnyandu....
Ghanaian legend and current Black Stars coach Charles Akonnor was naturally disappointed to have lost 1-0 to Bafana Bafana in their World Cup qualifying tie played at the FNB Stadium on Monday evening. But the writing had been on the wall lately that Bafana Bafana were slowly turning the tide against the Ghanaians as they matched...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) in agreement with the Zambian government gave the Football Association of Zambia permission to allow spectators at their upcoming Qatar FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifier against Tunisia at home on September 7. According to Soka25east.com, following successful negotiations with the Zambian Department of Health, permission was granted to allow at...
A showdown is looming between the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and both UEFA over the refusal of the European organization to release African players for national duty in defiance of FIFA despite the fact that this weekend’s upcoming fixtures are sanctioned by the world controlling body. The long road to Qatar, postponed last year due...
