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By Malose Wa Ga Lamola One of the oldest South African football clubs that has stood the test of time, Moroka Swallows, though not eligible to use their first name due to some contractual complications is on the verge of ascending to the skies of the PSL. The Birds are about to take off from GladAfrica Championship, but their much anticipated landing has been derailed by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, that saw the world coming to a standstill. Also Read : Chiefs The Luckiest Team Orlando Pirates can't wait to rekindle their rivalry with Swallows should the old foe return to the elite league. With a mere seven points adrift of table toppers, Ajax Cape Town, Maswaiswai can still see a light at the end of the tunnel. Given their spot on the log standings, even if Swallows doesn't gain automatic promotion to the PSL, there is still a life line in the promotional/relegation play offs. The people of Soweto might settle for the Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs ...

By Malose Wa Ga Lamola The narration of Kaizer Chiefs benefitting from referee blunders, has been one of the dominating lines all season long. With the current campaign suspended due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, will The Glamour Boys benefit should the season not resume? It is becoming an international trend to ask for leagues to declare teams at the top as champions, with Chiefs currently in the driving seat locally. Also Read: Taking Sundowns To Infinity And Beyond Can the PSL board of governors give Chiefs the 'big ears' with seven games to go? Declaring the season null and void will also hit many in the pockets. Supporters have spent their hard-earned pennies on tickets and taxi fares to stadiums. Sponsors have coughed out millions to keep the league running. The only beneficiaries in this scenario will be Mamelodi Sundowns. Downs will retain the Absa Premiership title if the season is declared null and void. With all these uncertainties at play, the ...

Mamelodi Sundowns mentor, Pitso Mosimane, celebrating his seventh year anniversary since his appointment in 2012. By Malose Wa Ga Lamola Mamelodi Sundowns president Patrice Motsepe is still cherishing the moment he picked up his phone and called Pitso Mosimane to succeed former Downs coach Johan Neeskens at Chloorkop. Read: She Is The Man The business magnate, along with Mosimane, put together a number of winning team and has invested millions into the squad in terms of player recruitments and club infrastructures. Motsepe lured celebrated former players cum-coaches to Chloorkop, with the likes of ex-Barcelona greats Neeskens and Hristo Stoichkov trying their luck at Chloorkop but with nothing to show at the club. Also Read: Coaches Not Benefiting From Referees When Mosimane came to Sundowns in December 2012, the Brazilians trophy cabinet was seemingly dry but Mosimane turned fortunes around soon thereafter. 'Jingles' is not a coach who will be sitting on t...

Kaizer Chiefs marketing manager, Jessica Motaung, showing of her prowess on the golf course. By Malose Wa Ga Lamola Fresh from a CAF course in Egypt, Kaizer Chiefs Marketing manager Jessica Motaung, is set to establish a women’s side that will coexist along the male side. Read: Can Norman Survive The Chop? As a veteran scribe noted, women footballers are less dramatic com- pared to their male counterparts. We were subjected to drama kings for quite some time in the PSL and the country nearly forgot we have female footballers. Ladies walk like real gentlemen when they take to the field. They are more physical than wrestlers, no handbags thrown, no weird hairstyles but sharply-cut mohawks. Also Read: Coaches Bite The Dust With PSL stars spending more time before their mirrors, flocking to their hairdressers on a weekly basis, SA needs women with balls. Jessica is a woman with balls. Just bring those balls to the training base in Naturena and grant other women an opportu...

By Malose Wa Ga Lamola The appointment of Norman Mapeza as the head coach of Chippa United rose enough eyebrows but his sacking will not. With a trigger happy chairman at the helm of the club, it is advisable to Mapeza, not to unpack his bags. His sacking will come before the stamp authorising his signature dries up. The Chilly Boys barely uses indeliable inks for coach signatures. Perhaps the one South Africans used in the national elections earlier this year is the prefered one in Port Elizabeth. Read: Why Coaches Are Getting Fired? Mapeza is coming in with an ample of experience but that won't be enough if he doesn't hit the results are not on his side. Football is a results orientated business but at Chippa even victories can't save a coach's head from the chop. Mpengesi doesn't care about stability in his team, he just wants consistancy. Former Zimbabwean outfit, Platinum Football Club coach, is not immune to the Siviwe Mpengesi boot. Mapeza said h...

Former Cape Town City coach, Benni McCarthy, points out his disatisfaction in one of his former club matches. By Malose Wa Ga Lamola Cape Town City has amicably parted ways with coach Benni McCarthy. McCarthy is the first to bite the dust following a string of poor results. He has led City to a mere two victories in all competitions this campaign. When the PSL gives match officials a few Read:  Middendorp Automatic Mandate weeks off for their weekly blunders, club bosses, show coaches the exit door. McCarthy has been outspoken about poor match officiating that led to his team losing games they should not have lost. Referees decision is final and those decisions have decided McCarthy's fate. McCarthy is tactically astute, that is unquestionable, but losing his job because of the people who continue to commit the same errors must be frustrating to coaches. Also Read:  Can Chiefs Star Help Bafana?  SAFA and PSL will write more letters to coaches but ...

Kaizer Chiefs mentor Ernst Middendorp             (Picture by Backpage Pix) By Malose Wa Ga Lamola Ernst Middendorp has reverse engineered Giovanni Solinas blunders and Kaizer Chiefs is back to where it belongs, at the top. The German mentor is the man Chiefs needed to rise above the clutter. Perhaps the players understand his philosophy better due to his language. Language barrier was the major factor in his predecessor's failures. Chiefs had no structure and direction under Solinas. Read: Chiefs star on Ntseki's plans Middendorp has had a full pre-season with the team and he has surely instilled his ideas in the squad. Big teams barely give coaches mandates. When a coach accept a job at a big club his mandate is automatically to win titles. Middendorp is no different to his counterparts at Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates. Though it was unrealistic to expect Chiefs to challenge for hounors this season after finishing in the botto...