The well-known chairperson of the Limpopo based Black Leopards team, Mr David Thidiela, was elected as an executive member of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) on Thursday, 12 November.

Following the team’s poor performance in their first three league matches, Black Leopards Football Club decided to part ways with the team’s head coach, Mr Patrick Aussems.

Berea FC are still in celebratory mood after they were crowned the champions of the Mafanya Soccer Tournament at the Tshanzhe Grounds last Sunday.

Madridtas FC are still battling to come to terms with what happened to them the past weekend. The Tshifudi side went to the SAB League provincial promotional playoffs in Bela Bela with the hope that they would make the grade in the event and gain promotion to the ABC Motsepe League, but that was not the case. Instead, Madridtas returned with their tails between their legs.

Die Zoutpansberger het ‘n vroeë voortou geneem op die punteleer van die Louis Trichardt Rolbalklub se besigheidsliga, maar met twee wedstryde oor kan die liga nog in enige span se guns swaai.

The Tshanzhe Grounds will be a hive of activity this weekend. The quarter-final and final matches of the Mafanya Soccer Tournament will be staged there. The quarter-final matches will be played tomorrow, while the semi-final and final will be seen on Sunday.

The long-awaited SAB League provincial playoffs will finally be staged at the Bela Bela High School Stadium in the Waterberg District this weekend. As usual, five teams representing the five regional football associations will take part in the annual event.

Madridtas FC are still in a celebratory mood after they were crowned the overall champions of the Vhembe Regional Association at the Makhuvha Stadium last Sunday. Madridtas beat Rabali Pull Together 2-1 in the final and qualified to represent the region in the provincial playoffs at the Bela Bela High School Stadium this weekend.

Star South-African para-athlete and Soutpansberg resident Sheryl James (above) competed in the Free State championship for people with disabilities on 7 November – her first official event since the beginning of the lockdown period.

Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila FC (TTM) might not have registered any win in the four official matches they had played to date, but the team’s head coach, Mr Joel “The Prophet” Masutha, is not worried about the situation.

Following the decision by the South African Football Association (SAFA) not to relegate any team from the ABC Motsepe League Division, the SAFA Vhembe MMK Regional League has also taken a decision not to relegate any team to the lower division. The chairman for the regional league’s competitions committee, Mr Eric Muneri, said that it would be unfair to the clubs if the association relegated the teams despite the fact that the league programme was cancelled due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Vhembe based team, Mikhado FC, representing Limpopo at the national SAFA ABC Motsepe promotional play-offs, were hoping to recover from their 1-0 loss on Tuesday in their opening match played at the Vaal University.

Local rugby star and motivator Toni Marageni is launching a new non-governmental organisation (NGO), called the Madombidzha Sport and Recreation Institute.

The struggle in the Mafanya Soccer Tournament is getting more intense. Several matches were played at the Tshanzhe ground over the past weekend. Spectators were in for numerous surprises as most of the so-called big guns were booted out of the tournament in the opening stage.

Following the decision by the South African Football Association (SAFA) to declare the 2019/20 soccer season programmes for all their leagues complete, teams who were on top of their respective MMK Administrators League Streams when the league programme came to a halt in March this year are gearing up for the promotional playoffs.