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.

Sazi Hadebe Sports reporter
‘If it’s meant to happen it will’: Pirates’ PSL top scorer Mabasa on Bafana call

Golden Boot winner Tshegofatso Mabasa is adamant his time at Bafana Bafana will come and is not despondent that national team coach Hugo Broos seems ...

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Pirates’ support at Orlando grew in 2023-24, but is Riveiro’s future certain?

After winning two domestic cups (the MTN8 and Nedbank Cup) in 2022-23, Pirates fans seemed encouraged to back their club both home and away

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Bucs bridesmaids of PSL — again

Orlando Pirates became the bridesmaids of the DStv Premiership, with the draw against SuperSport United leaving them 23 points behind champions ...

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Small margins to decide Cup final between Bucs and Sundowns

SA football fans could not have asked for a better ending to the 2023-2024 campaign, with Mamelodi Sundowns who've had no peers in seven successive ...

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Galaxy close to spoiling Sundowns’ ‘invincibles’ mission before Shalulile scores

Mamelodi Sundowns are one match away from confirming themselves as “invincibles” in South African football after coming back from a goal down draw ...

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Johnson tries to explain Kaizer Chiefs’ shambolic honour for Khune

Fixing potholes and attending political rallies were among excuses Kaizer Chiefs interim coach Cavin Johnson gave on why supporters did not turn up ...

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Long-serving Khune thanks ‘Khosi Nation’

Itumeleng Khune was introduced in the final 15 minutes of a penultimate DStv Premiership clash for the beleaguered Chiefs and said it was played in ...

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AmaZulu legend Joel Faya dies

AmaZulu have confirmed that former player and legend Joel Faya died on Friday morning after a short illness.

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‘I wish I had scored more:’ Chivaviro says injury derailed first season at ...

Ranga Chivaviro says he battled to settle in his first season at Kaizer Chiefs because he spent his first three months trying to heal from an injury ...

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SAZI HADEBE | Who says the PSL is boring?

There's still a lot to play for and so many permutations