It was the ultimate indignity for Kaizer Chiefs in the battle of Premier League giants at Loftus on Saturday afternoon when a Mamelodi Sundowns team — reduced to 10 men — strung together 44 passes before surrendering the ball. And despite the red carding of goal scorer Jose Torrealba in the 67th minute for a verbal offence, there was no halting the rampant, calculating Brazilians.

Three goals in the opening 12 minutes gave indication of an imminent goal deluge in the Premier Soccer League derby between old Soweto foes Moroka Swallows and Orlando Pirates at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in Rustenburg on Wednesday night.

Black Leopards slumped to a defeat against Orlando Pirates for the second time in three days as a result of elementary defensive blunders at Thohoyandou Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Buccaneers opened the score in the 34th minute through veteran former Jomo Cosmos and SuperSport United striker Tico-Tico Bucuane.

With former Brazilian national coach Carlos Alberto Parreira due in the country on Friday to launch what has been hailed a new dawn for Bafana Bafana, everything at the South African Football Association remains in disarray. Parreira is due to launch South Africa’s bid to regain a measure of respect in international soccer with a three-day training camp from February 5 to 7.

The financial imbalances in South African soccer accounted for Jomo Cosmos venturing into the lion’s den to play their home Premier League game against Kaizer Chiefs on Sunday afternoon. But like Daniel in biblical times, Jomo Sono’s team tamed the feared beast in front of their army of supporters at an oppressive, sultry Oppenheimer Park.

Jomo Cosmos ran a plodding Wits University ragged during a 4-0 Premier Soccer League (PSL) drubbing at a steamy, sun-scorched Bidvest Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday afternoon. There was no respite for Wits against speedy, lithe foes who tore their defence to shreds.

Having faced bankruptcy allegations in recent weeks in the law courts, hapless Amazulu looked equally bankrupt while going down 4-0 against Mamelodi Sundowns in one of the most one-sided Premier Soccer League (PSL) games of the season at the Super Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The great Ronaldo was dubbed ”The Phenomenon” during the halcyon years in which he was proclaimed World Footballer of the Year on three occasions. And, in a more modest manner, the Premier Soccer League (PSL) has unravelled a phenomenon of its own.

Moroka Swallows squandered a golden opportunity of climbing from eighth position in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) log to a challenging fourth place after their 2-2 draw against Black Leopards on Sunday. In other matches, Jomo Cosmos beat Amazulu 4-2 and Bloemfontein Celtic and Santos played to a 2-2 draw.