This weekend will be a busy one for the teams affiliated to the GladAfrica Championship League. After holding TS Sporting to a 1-1 draw at the Kabokweni Stadium outside Nelspruit last Saturday, Venda Football Academy (VFA) will be back home this weekend. They will host Cape Town All Stars at the Thohoyandou Stadium on Saturday.
The provincial Nedbank Cup champions will be known on Saturday afternoon. The semi-final and final matches of this prestigious competition will be staged at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium.
Although the teams affiliated with the Thulamela Local Football Association (Thulfa) have already been contesting in the Mpho Mathoho Electrical KO Competition over the past few weeks, the competition was only officially launched during a ceremony held at the 2 Ten Hotel in Sibasa last Wednesday.
The old saying goes that a prophet will not be honoured in his hometown, and perhaps this is true for one of Vhembe’s most prolific boxing coaches, Mutavhatsindi Immanuel Neluonde.
Ronewa Mudzanani (24), who joined the South African wheelchair-tennis team at the 2021 BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Alghero, Sardinia, Italy on 27 September, returned with a broad smile and a bronze medal to go with it.
After playing against Bloemfontein Celtic at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein last Sunday, Maindis Ladies will be on the road again this weekend. They will undertake a journey to Mahikeng in the North-West on Saturday to play against Golden Ladies.
Teams affiliated to the Limpopo Stream of the Sasol Women’s League will play their last league matches for the current season on Saturday.
Teams affiliated to the Limpopo Stream of the ABC Motsepe League will be engaged in their Nedbank Cup group-stage matches this weekend. The teams have been divided into four groups. All matches will be played on Saturday.
After a break of two weeks, the teams affiliated to the Limpopo Stream of the Sasol Women’s League will conduct business as usual this weekend. All matches will be played on Saturday afternoon.
After collecting the maximum points in their last two matches, Maindis Ladies FC are determined to do the same this weekend. They will undertake a journey to Bloemfontein. Their Hollywood Bets Super League match against Bloemfontein Celtic will be played at the Free State Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
A group of young boys from the Lwamondo villages in Thohoyandou used to play only friendly soccer matches for Sigobela before they were transformed into the Lwamondo Mighty Brothers in 2020. Today, they are a proudly affiliated soccer team and have just been promoted to the SAB League.
