There were important wins on Saturday for Mamelodi Sundowns, Cape Town City and this season's surprise package Polokwane City as a breakaway group of likely title challengers emerges at the top of the Absa Premiership table. 


That will seemingly not include Kaizer Chiefs, who suffered another demoralising defeat, this time at the hands of their great rivals Orlando Pirates in the Soweto Derby.

Pirates move to within one point of league leaders Bidvest Wits, though they have played a game...

Ronwen Williams recently broke SuperSport United's record for the most starts by a player, and amazing achievement considering he is only still 26 years of age.

The goalkeeper is one of a handful of active players who holds the record for club appearances, with the majority being names from the previous century.

Here KweséESPN looks at who holds the same record at all 16 PSL clubs for top-flight, cup and CAF club competition matches.

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Most starts: Julius Chirwa - 244
A KwaMashu-born...

South African Premier Soccer League side Polokwane City have unveiled Slovakian Jozef Vukusic as their new coach, as well as announcing the arrival of seven new players on Wednesday.

The new arrivals include Ghana striker Mohammed Anas, who was with Free State Stars last season but made it known in January he was keen to depart the club.

Vukusic has most recently been working as director of football at Latvian side Spartaks Jurmala, but has also coached in Germany, Libya and Kazakhstan, as well...

South Africa's top-flight will wrap up on Saturday, with much still to be played for in the final round of matches.

Mamelodi Sundowns have already secured the title, but the race for spots in the lucrative MTN8 is well and truly on.

The MTN8 Cup is game-for-game the most lucrative cup competition on the African continent, where teams must play in just four matches for a first-prize of R8million (US$640 000).

With qualification handed to the top eight sides in the Premiership from the year before,...

The transfer window has now slammed shut in South Africa in what was a frenetic few weeks for clubs in the Premier Soccer League.

Unless there are free agents to be signed, these are the squads that will take the teams to the end of the season, and some of them look much improved on what they had before the New Year.

KweséESPN picks out some stats and facts from the January window.

Busy, busy ...
It has been a busy window for South African clubs, with 72 players newly-registered across the...