Michael Madyira

The Buccaneers have made a mischevious video digging at their traditional rivals who are dealing with a change in their technical team early in the season. The hilarious post sums up a difficult week Amakhosi have been facing as they attempt not to let it affect their business both at home and on the continent.

Smart from winning their first trophy of the season, the Buccaneers shift focus to continental duties. They face Lesotho champions Lioli in a CAF Champions League first preliminary round, first leg match at Free State Stadium on Saturday. The Sowteo giants are up against opponents whose profile is not much known in Africa and are out to avoid an upset.

The Soweto giants kick off their continental campaign with an assignment in Angola, where they face a team their captain is familiar with. The match comes on the background of a tumultuous period for the Soweto giants who have a challenge to show they have the character to thrive in the face of a difficult situation.

The world football governing body has charged South Africa in a development that could decide matters in Group C of the bid to qualify for the quadrennial global competition. That leaves the men at Nasrec preparing a legal battle to defend the work that has been done by Hugo Broos and his men so far in this campaign to go to the USA, Canada and Mexico.

The Soweto giants have found themselves in a situation in which they have to revisit the composition of their technical team. That could mean a change in the system of play and other aspects of their game unless the Tunisian's lieutenants continue with the team.

Raymond Mdaka will be hoping the absence of his two key players will not be felt and his team will manage without them just as they did when they lifted the 2025 Africa Under-20 Cup of Nations. However, the two's exclusion shows how they have improved to be considered as having grown to be above the youth football tournament.

The 30-year-old featured in his first match of the season when he came on as a second half substitute as the Brazilians were held to a draw by Bahlabane ba Ntwa. He played the last 20 minutes of the game and is now assured to be with Masandawa this season for now unless he moves in January. But he will have a lot to do to reclaim his starting berth for the Tshwane giants.

The Tunisian has spent just over a season at Naturena and his imminent departure comes as a shock. After guiding the Soweto giants to the Nedbank Cup last season, ending a 10-year trophy drought, the former Young African coach was viewed as a man with the potential to deliver more pieces of silverware, especially the elusive Premier Soccer League title.

The Premier Soccer League transfer window is nearing closure and the Citizens coach explains how he missed out on signing an Amakhosi forward despite being keen on the striker who he previously worked with at SuperSport United. The experienced coach also explains what he saw in a former Buccaneers attacker who recently dumped Orbit College.

The Soweto giants suffered their first Premier Soccer League defeat of the season after falling to high-flying Babina Noko. Amakhosi tried to get themselves into the match, but they had no answers to their opponents' resilience in the second half. Chiefs coach reacts to how things went on the night in Soweto.

After being the second player to arrive at Chloorkop this transfer window, following the signing of Fawaaz Basadien, the 27-year-old is in line to make his maiden appearance for Masandawana and has a huge task to prove that his acquisition was spot-on. But he faces stiff competition for playing time from a midfield laden with quality players.

The 20-year-old appears an isolated figure following the departure of Mohau Nkota for Saudi Arabia and pressure is mounting on him to return to the form that saw him being a standout player for Pirates in the last two seasons. After reports of him possibly moving abroad, the Bafana Bafana star seems unsettled at the Buccaneers where he competes for a starting spot with Oswin Appollis.

GOAL gives you the details to follow the high-flying Amakhosi's hosting of Babina Noko with toping the table at stake at FNB Stadium on Tuesday. Masandawana have assumed top spot and both the Soweto giants and the Limpopo-based outfit have a chance to take control of matters in the campaign.

The Brazilians have shipped out on permanent basis or on loan at least 12 players and have confirmed just two new signings which could compromise the depth they have been enjoying over the seasons. They now face a worrisome fitness situation in their camp which they hope will not affect their performances as they try to strike a balance between domestic and continental responsibilities.

The Soweto giants last won the Premier Soccer League title in 2012 and have been finishing as runners-up to Masandawana for the last three seasons. Coach Abdeslam Ouaddou is tasked to break the Brazilians' dominance of the PSL after his predecessors like Jose Riveiro, Rhulani Mokwena, Muhsin Ertugral, Eric Tinkler, Roger de Sa, Milutin Sredojevic and Josef Zinnbauer failed to deliver the biggest trophy in South African football.

Fitness issues are haunting the 36-year-old midfielder amid fears the latest setback could affect his season. Age seems to be catching up with South Africa's deputy skipper who spent the better part of last season on the sidelines battling to recover from a ruptured Achilles tendon.

The Brazilians seized control of the Premier Soccer League standings following a convincing victory over their visitors from Limpopo and they are now on top of Amakhosi and Sekhukhune United who were above them. After collecting maximum points, Masandawana set themselves up to defend the league title for a record-extending eighth consecutive time.

The Brazilians shot to the top of the Premier Soccer League table following the convincing victory over Dikwena tsa Meetse at Lucas Moripe Stadium on Sunday. They are a point clear at the summit after jumping over Amakhosi and Babina Noko who were the leaders before this encounter in Tshwane.