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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	PTS	Form
10	Siwelele	30	8	13	9	24	28	-4	37	D W L D W
11	Richards Bay	30	7	13	10	23	30	-7	34	L D D D D
12	TS Galaxy	30	8	8	14	30	38	-8	32	D W D D D
13	Chippa United	30	6	10	14	24	44	-20	28	W L D L L
14	Marumo Gallants	30	4	13	13	21	38	-17	25	D D D D D

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