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Gavin Hunt, coach of Kaizer Chiefs during the DStv Premiership match between Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns at FNB Stadium on October 24, 2020 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Muzi Ntombela/Backpagepix/Gallo Images)

The Hunt is on for ruthlessness

Kaizer Chiefs’ new coach may have all the excuses but he’s likely just buying time for his ethos to take root

In South Africa, Bidvest sold Wits and their 99-year legacy into thin air.

Out of our Wits: Should more be done to block club sales?

South African football is in an awkward position where it dare not refuse investment … no matter the cost

Making history: Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane has built his success on the special bonds he has created within the team. And now, he needs to find a way to get them firing once again. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

Building a legacy in disloyal times

For the first time in recent memory the Mamelodi Sundowns coach looks a bit rocky. With a new contract looming, can he reverse the tide?

Can Eskom be fixed? This is one of the questions Jan-Jan Joubert asks in his book of 17 questions about our country

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Find out what’s making South Africa tick – and fizzle

Before toppling Johannesburg-based Wits, they secured 2-0 home victories over Golden Arrows and 2016 African champions Mamelodi Sundowns to reach the League Cup semi-finals. (Gallo)

Baroka in final after fairy-tale cup run

A third-tier club six years ago and promoted to the top division only last season, the Polokwane club won a home semi-final

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane (Steve Haag/Gallo)

Teething Sundowns ready to bite

Pitso Mosimane’s strategy appears to be clear, which is good reason to fear the Brazilians

Thandani ‘Bibo’ Ntshumayelo hopes to return to football after a two-year absence. (Duif du Toit/Gallo Images)

New lease of life for Bibo

With determination and a little bit of help from his friends the player could make a comeback

Komphela: “We have to be careful and cautious, on the back of appreciation and recognition, you still need to stay on your toes and keep working.” (Gallo Images)

Komphela not afraid to lash whip to continue Celtic success

The coach of the month could be seen as a milestone on Steve Komphela’s personal journey to vindication

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Hunt for Wits’s success is over

Year by year, the coach has steadily built up a team who initially were just ‘not good enough’

Local focus: Gavin Hunt has been accused of not caring about CAF games

Three SA clubs gun for CAF group stage

"Gavin Hunt tends to get hot under the collar when the media suggest he does not take pan-African club competitions seriously"

Wits coach Gavin Hunt is reluctant to release star striker Phakamani Mahlambi

Senong’s formidable U-20 squad

Despite setbacks, the U-20 coach has pulled together a lineup with international flair.

‘I had to find ways to compensate for my lack of masculinity,’ says the writer (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Wits’ home-ground recipe for success

Bidvest Wits’s ingenuity and sense of fun are hallmarks of the club and their fans are eating it up

On the Hunt for more ugly, scrappy wins

Playing pretty football has to give way to scoring the points for Wits in order to improve, says coach Gavin Hunt.

SuperSport United coach Gavin Hunt.

Chiefs, SuperSport to have ‘helluva’ Nedbank Cup final

SuperSport coach Gavin Hunt says Nedbank Cup viewers are in for a rousing final when his underdog team take on Kaizer Chiefs.

United geared up for battle

United lift the cup after downing the Brazilians

SuperSport United have beaten Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 to win the Nedbank Cup final at Orlando Stadium, in Soweto.