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Siyabonga Ngcangisa

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Siya co-presented at South Africa’s third largest radio station Umhlobo Wenene FM and has worked for publications such as Move! Magazine and DRUM Magzine.

Sundowns are currently second on the PSL log table with 47 points, just three behind log leaders Orlando Pirates. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

End-of-season sanction could cost Sundowns dearly

Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane is hopeful the sanction will be meted out before the end of the season.

Sundowns are currently second on the PSL log table with 47 points, just three behind log leaders Orlando Pirates. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

Sundowns could win the league and then lose it immediately after

The late issuing of sanctions against Downs could cost them their title

Spirited: When he’s not being disciplined by the PSL’s rules committee, Pitso Mosimane, coach and manager of Mamelodi Sundowns, leads his team to great successes on the field. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

Pitso’s ‘passion confused with craziness’

Sundowns coach’s players seem to enjoy playing for the former Bafana Bafana striker

I was not made to break: Mbali ‘Don Queen’ Zantsi says a lot of women look up to her as a ‘trailblazer and a pioneer’ and she is determined to revive the glory of boxing in South Africa. (Supplied)

‘Don Queen’ proves that she can go the distance

A two-time winner of the G-Sport Women’s Sport Award and the 2016 WBF Promoter of the Year, Mbali Zantsi is determined to revive the glory of the game

Back with a bang: Joel Masutha, Maccabi FC coach, has finally attained a victory. He says the club is run professionally and that more wins lie ahead. (Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images)

Masutha prays for better times

The hit-and-miss coach believes his bumpy ride may be at an end after his new side bags a win

Empty stands: Bloemfontein Celtic fans, once fiercely loyal to their side, a big factor in their team’s success, are starting to lose hope and drift away. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

Celtic’s boardroom troubles chase supporters away

Celtic usually have the upper hand in the derby, thanks in no small part to the chanting of their fans. They lost 3-2

Rodney Ramagalela has been watching from the sidelines while Polokwane City notches up draws and defeats. (Stringer/Gallo Images)

Snubbing the player to spite the face

A cold shoulder often follows the signing of a pre-contract, as Rodney Ramagalela is finding out

The last Amakhosi win in the fixture, meanwhile, came on the 2015 edition of the Telkom Knockout. (AFP/Getty Images)

Derby: Why this one really matters

Coach Ernst Middendorp’s history with Bucs may bring the winning streak to Amakhosi

Faithful, but doubtful: Kaizer Chiefs is the most supported team in sub-Saharan Africa, but their yellow-clad fans are becoming vocal about Amakhosi’s string of recent losses. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)

It’s do or die for Chiefs’ keeper Vries ahead of Soweto derby

Virgil Vries has made some significant blunders recently, threatening his team’s title aspirations

Lifesaver: Gugulethu Sirayi is on a mission to reduce the number of deaths and botched circumcisions that often occur during initiation. (Mujahid Safodien/AFP)

Education can cut initiate deaths

Work by a group of volunteers in the Lusikisiki and Flagstaff area of Pondoland has resulted in no deaths at initiation schools there

Team spirit: At the African Women’s Cup of Nations, Desiree Ellis’s cheerful charges finished as runners-up, qualifying for the Women’s World Cup. (Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix)

Preparing for life after victory

Banyana Banyana had the nation’s heart aflutter with their 2018 African Women’s Cup of Nations campaign, securing a spot at the Women’s World Cup

Cutting to the chase: Boxing South Africa’s chief executive Tsholofelo Lejaka has landed some impressive punches since his 2016 appointment. Can he restore the sport’s glory? (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Lejaka knocks boxing back into shape

The chief executive has won praise from the boxing world for protecting boxers’ interests

Focused: World wheelchair tennis number five Kgothatso Montjane raised her own sponsorship to get to Wimbledon. (Matt King/Getty Images)

KG’s never-say-die advantage

It takes real guts to take on the challenge of playing at Wimbledon. Imagine doing it without the support of a coach

Yebo: Baroka FC players celebrate the Telkom Knockout win by throwing coach Wedson Nyirenda into the air. (Michael Sheehan/Gallo Images)

How plucky kids triumphed

Baroka FC kept up the pressure and stuck to their game plan, clinching victory in penalty shootout

Upset: Coach Benson Mhlongo took sabbatical leave after TS Sporting appointed a technical director. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

The technical director curse

In South Africa it seems that shortly after they are hired by a club, the coaches get the boot

Savouring the moment: Banyana Banyana celebrate their victory against Mali during the 2018 African Women’s Cup of Nations semifinal in Ghana. (Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix)

Banyana’s bittersweet success

The national team is good enough to get to the Awcon final, but the gender pay gap remains

South Africa’s Thembi Kgatlana (foreground) is challenged by Onome Ebi of Nigeria during the decisive African Women’s Cup of Nations match in which Banyana Banyana triumphed over their West African nemesis. (Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix)

Banyana on tough quest for glory

Zambia could be the only stumbling block in the team’s journey to the group stages

Tshegofatso Mabaso of Bloemfontein Celtic (left) and Daniel Cardoso of Kaizer Chiefs battle in an Absa Premiership match. Chiefs would do well to acquire Mabaso. (Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images)

Go shopping to boost PSL season

The lacklustre top three sides could look at recruiting new talent to kick-start their bids for glory

Chippa United fired Dan Malesela three matches into the 2018-2019 season. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

PSL coaches on the ropes

With football clubs notorious for early firings, these guys could be unemployed by year-end

Disciplined: Chippa coach Erik Tinkler substituted Mark Mayambela (right) during a recent game against Pirates. (Richard Huggard/Gallo Images)

Sabotage can undo a coach

A revolt in the dressing room could lead to players deliberately throwing games to punish the gaffer