Sazi Hadebe Sports reporter

Sazi Hadebe is passionate about writing about SA football and has done it for more than 20 years. He's the former editor of Isolezwe (between 2012 and early 2016). Other than football, he follows almost all other sports and local news and events around the world. He's in his second stint as football writer at the Sunday Times and was part of the the team that broke the Operation Dribble story, a referee scandal in SA football, in 2004. The story won him an SAB Sports Award, alongside Kgomotso Mokoena, in 2005.

Ellis confident Banyana can beat the Super Falcons in Pretoria and qualify for 2024 ...

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Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis was disappointed that her team lost 1-0 to Nigeria in the first leg of the ...

Banyana's 2024 Olympic dream under threat after they lose 1-0 to Nigeria in Abuja

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Banyana Banyana's dream of qualifying for the 2024 Olympics in Paris is hanging by a thread after the African champions ...

Matlou, Gamede confident of Banyana victory over Super Falcons

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Veteran Banyana Banyana defender Noko Matlou is looking forward to helping the African champions qualify for the 2024 ...

Second spot elusive for Pirates as they share spoils with Swallows

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Orlando Pirates' erratic form in the DStv Premiership continued on Wednesday night as they shared the spoils 1-1 in the ...

Caf 'concerned' about the raid by Hawks on Safa House

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The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has raised concern after a raid last week by the Hawks' serious commercial ...

AmaZulu join AmaTuks in Nedbank last 16 with win over Sekhukhune

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AmaZulu joined Pretoria University (Tuks) in the last 16 of the Nedbank Cup after beating last year's finalists ...

'We know the story about these games,' Riveiro says of Bucs' clash with Hungry Lions in ...

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Jose Riveiro has warned his players against underestimating Hungry Lions, the Motsepe Foundation Championship side that ...

Rare instance of Pirates edging Chiefs in stands made the difference: Riveiro

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Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro could not hide his joy after becoming the second Bucs coach after Ruud Krol to ...

Orlando Pirates down Kaizer Chiefs in five-goal derby thriller

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So opportune was this Soweto derby that even president Cyril Ramaphosa couldn't resist to steal time from his busy ...

Safa claims there's 'no money missing' after Hawks raid over Jordaan claims

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The SA Football Association (Safa) has threatened to take legal action after a raid by the Hawks on its offices in ...