A soccer tournament is planned in honour of the late Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana striker, Lesley “Slow poison” Manyathela, over December. Manyathela died in car accident in 2003.
This year’s edition of the annual Manya and Mafanya Soccer Tournament will be staged at the Tshanzhe Sports Grounds in the Mutale area on 23 and 24 December. As usual, eight teams from Tshanzhe and the surrounding areas will take part in the tournament.
Following the draw that was held at the league’s offices last Friday morning, the Premier Soccer League (PSL) has confirmed the dates and venues for the preliminary round of the Nedbank Cup matches for the teams campaigning under the banner for the GladAfrica Championship League.
After giving pupils the chance to focus on their examinations, the MMK Administrator league will resume their matches this weekend at different venues.
The Rabali Stadium will be a hive of activity on Saturday afternoon. Two ABC Motsepe League matches will be played there.
After playing to a 1-1 draw with the University of Pretoria FC at the Thohoyandou Stadium last Sunday, Venda Football Academy (VFA) are bracing themselves for another home match this weekend. They will host Pretoria Callies at the same venue on Saturday afternoon.
The SPCA Louis Trichardt was once again overwhelmed by the support they received from the community during their fifth annual Mutt Mile on Saturday, 27 November, combined with their very last farmer’s market for 2021.
The former South African and International Boxing Organization (IBO) welterweight champion, Tsiko “Cruel Junior” Mulovhedzi, will be in action again on Sunday. The Sibasa-based boxer will come up against Bonke Duku of Orlando in an eight-round welterweight fight to be held at the Vodaworld ring in Midrand.
The head coach of the ABC Motsepe League side, Phinnet City FC, Mr Joel “The Promotion Specialist” Mongalo, believes he has what is needed to promote his team to the DStv Premiership Division within record time. After parting ways with Mikhado FC at the end of last season, Mongalo decided to try his luck with the Polokwane side.
The struggle for promotion and to escape the relegation axe at the end of the season will continue among the teams affiliated to the Limpopo Stream of the ABC Motsepe League this weekend. Musina United will play their first match at home. They will host Blackpool FC at the Lesley Manyathela Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
With only two matches remaining before the end of the first round, the teams affiliated to the GladAfrica Championship League will conduct business as usual this weekend. Six matches will be played at various venues throughout the country on Saturday, while the remaining two will be seen on Sunday afternoon.
Die Soutpansberg Muurbalklub het op 18 November hulle jaarlikse klubkampioenskappe aangebied. In die vroue-afdeling is Louise Lordan as vrouekampioen gekroon, nadat sy die verdedigende kampioen Ronel Welman geklop het. Ronel het die titel van vrouekampioen vir bykans twee dekades (19 jaar) suksesvol verdedig en het met trots die nommer een posisie aan Louise oorgegee.
The former head coach of Baroka FC, Black Leopards and chief executive officer of Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM), Mr Sello Chokoe, was appointed as the head coach of the ABC Motsepe Promotional League side, Ablex United.
After losing 1-2 to Tshwane University of Technology Ladies FC (TUT) at the Giyani Stadium last Saturday, Maindis Ladies will be on the road this weekend. They will undertake a journey to Butterworth in the Eastern Cape to honour their Hollywood Bets Super League fixture against Thunderbirds Ladies at the Butterworth Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The struggle for promotion and to escape the relegation axe at the end of the season will continue among the teams affiliated to the Limpopo Stream of the ABC Motsepe League this weekend. Whether Ablex United will have enough strength to stop Munaca FC, with whom they will lock horns at the Makhado Show Grounds this afternoon, is something that remains to be seen.
Haggai Combined School will represent Vhembe at the provincials of the Pan African U/16 schools cup championship to be held at Makhuvha Stadium on Saturday. The matches will start at 09:00, with the final starting at 15:00.
We interviewed two Elim-based artists, Kulani Mabobo and Nebo SixFour, asking them how they cope with the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In African cultures, snakes are generally associated with witchcraft – a fact that does not improve the already frayed relationship between mankind and reptiles. However, within a certain African community in Vleifontein lives a man who regards himself as the exception to this cultural belief. In fact, Denzel Ncube’s fondness for these slithering reptiles is no secret. Ncube gives back to his community by educating the local people on the dangers as well as the beauty of snakes and what to do when confronted with them.
