Terrified Maritzburg United coach Fadlu Davids successfully begged the referee to halt play because of lightning before his team won a South African FA Cup last-16 tie Sunday.... more »
Under-fire Kaizer Chiefs coach Steve Komphela suffered stress before his club booked a South African FA Cup quarter-finals place with a 2-1 win over second-tier Stellenbosch on Saturday.... more »
Fagrie Lakay and Mario Booysen scored against former club SuperSport United on Wednesday to give Ajax Cape Town a 2-0 South African Premiership win and lift them from the relegation zone.... more »
Kaizer Chiefs and Free State Stars wasted chances to put pressure on South African Premiership leaders Mamelodi Sundowns when they were held to goalless draws at home Saturday.... more »
Cameroonian goalkeeper Patrick Tignyemb saved a penalty and scored the tie-deciding one Sunday as Bloemfontein Celtic ended the two-season reign of SuperSport United as South African FA Cup holders.... more »
SuperSport United's nightmare run in the South African Premiership since losing the CAF Confederation Cup final last November continued Sunday with a 1-0 loss at Golden Arrows.... more »
Polokwane City striker Rodney Ramagalela punished former club Mamelodi Sundowns for the second time this season by scoring the winner Saturday in a 3-2 South African Premiership triumph.... more »
Former Netherlands goalkeeper and assistant coach Stanley Menzo has been fired by Ajax Cape Town, who lie second last in the South African Premiership midway through the season.... more »
Percy Tau starred for Mamelodi Sundowns as they trounced Bloemfontein Celtic 4-1 in Pretoria Saturday and widened their South African Premiership lead to six points.... more »
None of the four clubs who could have overtaken South African Premiership leaders Baroka Saturday succeeded because all of them were held to draws.... more »
Former English top-flight footballer Peter Butler has been named coach of Platinum Stars, the South African Premiership club announced Friday.... more »
An exquisite goal by Colombian Leonardo Castro helped Mamelodi Sundowns triumph this weekend and stretch a South African Premiership lead to six points with five rounds left.... more »
The fortunes of Italian coach Giovanni Solinas took an upward turn Wednesday as Free State Stars triumphed 1-0 against Orlando Pirates in the South African Premiership.... more »
Mamelodi Sundowns scored five goals in the South African Premiership for the first time this season to trounce Free State Stars 5-2 Sunday and widen their lead to six points.... more »
South African Premier League footballer Mondli Cele died Sunday after the car he was a passenger in plunged into a river near eastern city Pietermaritzburg.... more »
Goalkeeper Brighton Mhlongo made an impressive return as Orlando Pirates continued a South African Premiership mid-season revival by beating Pretoria University 2-0 Wednesday.... more »
England-born James Keene created a goal, scored and was voted man of the match on his South African Premiership debut as Wits beat Chippa United 3-1 Sunday to regain top place.... more »
Wits came from behind twice to beat visiting Golden Arrows 3-2 in Johannesburg this weekend and retain a three-point lead after 11 rounds of the South African Premiership.... more »
Orlando Pirates outplayed Kaizer Chiefs in a Soweto derby during a weekend of South African Premiership drama in which three clubs spent time at the top of the table.... more »
Kaizer Chiefs scored two stoppage-time goals to complete a 3-0 victory over Platinum Stars on Sunday and bury a South African League Cup jinx.... more »
Platinum Stars and Mpumalanga Black Aces -- usually occupants of bottom-half places -- shared the South African Premiership lead Sunday with 14 points each after six rounds.... more »
