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.

'I'm already a winner': Williams after making final list for Caf Player of Year

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Mamelodi Sundowns' goalkeeper Ronwen Williams has reacted to his nomination for the Caf Player of the Year gong, saying ...

Sundowns captain Ronwen Williams makes the final list for Caf Player of the Year award

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Mamelodi Sundowns captain Ronwen Williams remained among the top five players for the Caf Player of the Year to be ...

Nabi 'frustrated' as Chiefs give away points against Royal AM

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Kaizer Chiefs coach Nasreddine Nabi was left fuming and frustrated with how his team collapsed and lost focus after ...

Ten-man Chiefs hold on to beat Richards Bay to move to top half of PSL

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The win moved Chiefs to sixth spot on the table with 13 points, eight behind log leaders Orlando Pirates

Bafana close Afcon qualifiers in style, beating South Sudan in buzzing Cape Town

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South Africans top Group K after an excellent, confident campaign that bodes well for next year's World Cup qualifiers.

Kaizer Chiefs fined R150,000 for fans' misbehaviour in 4-0 cup loss to Sundowns

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Kaizer Chiefs have been found guilty and fined R150,000 by the Premier Soccer League for their fans' misbehaviour in ...

Bafana qualify for Afcon: Congo’s shock loss to South Sudan puts SA through

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Hugo Broos becomes the first South Africa coach to reach Nations Cup finals back to back.

Bafana coach Broos delighted at talks with coaches of Chiefs, Pirates, Sundowns

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Discussions were fruitful, though Broos still hopes to hold a symposium with all the PSL coaches together.

‘I hope he can change clubs’ — Broos as he omits Tau from Bafana again

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‘If we have a good combination with the right mentality we've shown in games before, we'll qualify.’

'We need to appreciate these moments': Riveiro says Nkota proved his mettle against ...

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Wrapping up the match with more goals in the second half would have satisfied Jose Riveiro more in Orlando Pirates' ...