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1 week ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Sihle Ndebele |Sydney Mahlangu
Makhehleni Makhaula of Orlando Pirates Football is a sport where older players hardly get recognition, with emerging talents frequently enjoying all the praise, such that there are even awards exclusively dedicated to them. We pick five “madalas”, who, despite being already on the wrong side of 30, held their own in the PSL in the just-ended campaign.
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2 weeks ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Sihle Ndebele |Sydney Mahlangu
Thembi Kgatlana's unavailability due to “personal reasons” for the upcoming Wafcon could jeopardise Banyana Banyana's chances of defending their continental championship in Morocco. Kgatlana has been one of Banyana's most influential players in recent times. In 2018, Kgatlana was voted as the African Women's Footballer of the Year.
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1 month ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Sihle Ndebele |Sydney Mahlangu
Shakira O Malley and Nonhlanhla Mthandi during the Banyana Banyana Media Day on the 26 May 2025 at Lucas Moripe Stadium in Atteridgeville Banyana Banyana skipper Refiloe “Fifi” Jane, who last played for the national team in April last year, is buoyed by her return to the side as they gear up for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon).
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1 month ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Sihle Ndebele |Sydney Mahlangu
Gomolemo Kekana of South Africa during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations U20 Final match between South Africa and Morocco on the 18 May 2025 at 30 June Stadium in Cairo Amajita’s Under-20 Afcon final hero Gomolemo Kekana, 18, is in no rush to play top-flight football, insisting he’s still developing. He also indicated his focus is on trying to return to his best shape after a long layoff last year.
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1 month ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Sihle Ndebele |Sydney Mahlangu
Lazola Maku, one of the players who was instrumental in Amajita’s historic Afcon triumph, has high hopes that he impressed football talent scouts in Egypt as he aims to move to Europe as soon as he can. Maku, an 18-year-old grade 12 pupil at Noordwyk Secondary School in Midrand, also made the best XI of the tournament as Amajita clinched their first-ever Under-20 Afcon championship, beating Morocco 1-0 in the final in Cairo on Sunday.
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1 month ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Sihle Ndebele |Sydney Mahlangu
Sure, everyone in the Amajita team deserves credit for helping the team with their maiden Under-20 Afcon title, but there are a few starlets who shone brighter than others. We pick five heroes who stood out as SA also qualified for the U20 World Cup in the process of bagging the title in Egypt.
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1 month ago | 
dailydispatch.co.za | Mahlatse Mphahlele |Sydney Mahlangu
Neo Maema is back with Bafana Bafana for the Chan qualifier against Malawi. Bafana Bafana have been boosted by the availability of Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Neo Maema ahead of the African Nations Championship (Chan) second-leg qualifier against Malawi at Loftus Versfeld stadium on Sunday. Coach Molefi Ntseki also welcomed Ndumulelo Maphangule and Simon Ramabu (Polokwane City), Victor Letsoalo and Kamogelo Sebelebele (TS Galaxy) and Siyanda Msani (University of Pretoria).
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1 month ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Marc Strydom |Sydney Mahlangu
South Africa's Shakeel April celebrates his goal in their 1-0 2025 Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations win against Tanzania at Suez Canal Stadium in Ismailia, Egypt, on Wednesday. Amajita bounced back from their opening defeat at the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations with a clinical 1-0 win against Tanzania at Suez Canal Stadium in Ismailia, Egypt, on Wednesday. Coach Raymond Mdaka's U-20s started with a 1-0 loss against hosts Egypt in Cairo on Sunday.
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1 month ago | 
dailydispatch.co.za | Sihle Ndebele |Sydney Mahlangu
Thalente Mbatha of Orlando Pirates during their Caf Champions League semifinal second leg match against Pyramids FC at 30 June Stadium in Cairo on Friday. Orlando Pirates legend Benedict “Tso” Vilakazi has tipped the Soweto giants to pip perennial league kings Mamelodi Sundowns to the championship this season, believing his former club can win all their remaining games, while he “fears the Brazilians can slip up”.
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2 months ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Sazi Hadebe |Sydney Mahlangu
Fiston Mayele of Pyramids FC celebrates his goal during the Caf Champions League semifinal second leg match against Orlando Pirates at 30 June Stadium in Cairo. A brace by DR Congo striker Fiston Mayele crushed hopes of an all South African Champions League final as it helped Pyramids FC of Egypt to book their place in the final against Mamelodi Sundowns.
