Sazi Hadebe Sports reporter

Sazi Hadebe is passionate about writing about SA football and has done it for more than 20 years. He's the former editor of Isolezwe (between 2012 and early 2016). Other than football, he follows almost all other sports and local news and events around the world. He's in his second stint as football writer at the Sunday Times and was part of the the team that broke the Operation Dribble story, a referee scandal in SA football, in 2004. The story won him an SAB Sports Award, alongside Kgomotso Mokoena, in 2005.

Durban City confirm Gavin Hunt as new coach

Soccer

‘We believe he is the right person to lead our team in this exciting new era,’ says chair Farook Kadodia

‘We must show the same mentality,’ Mbane says as Banyana focus on Tanzania

Soccer

‘We’re the champions and we knew how important it was to win our first match’

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Sundowns' Club World Cup dream not over yet despite loss to Dortmund

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Mamelodi Sundowns will have to beat Brazilian team Fluminense in their last Group F match at the Fifa Club World Cup in ...

Jordaan promises MPs ‘accountability’ as Tseka named as culprit for Bafana yellow card ...

Soccer

Bafana Bafana team manager Vincent Tseka was named by fuming MPs in parliament's sports portfolio committee as the ...

We'll wait and see: Jordaan dribbles parliament on fourth term at Safa

News

President indicated after he was elected in 2022 he would step down after completing present term.

Maela bids emotional farewell to Orlando as Pirates draw against Magesi

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Emotional farewell for Pirates captain Innocent Maela, who got a standing ovation from the Buccaneers fans.

Nedbank final tickets sold out, thousands to be refunded amid chaos

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Due to ‘a glitch ... the system allowed more people to make payments than there is capacity for.’

Pyramids crush Pirates' hopes to set up Champions League final against Sundowns

Soccer

A brace by DR Congo striker Fiston Mayele crushed hopes of an all South African Champions League final as it helped ...

Caf will have no mercy on corrupt individuals in associations: Motsepe

Soccer

Strong action will be taken against individuals found guilty of corruption in African football associations, ...

'Let's see how good we can be,' says Riveiro as Pirates ready to face Pyramids

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Pyramids FC of Egypt will give Orlando Pirates a far tougher and different challenge than any other team they have ...