All 2023/24 Monthly Awards Winners Revealed

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Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Rulani Mokwena’s three Coach of the Month Awards stands out as the only individual to win more than once this season in any category. Following the award of May, where Mokwena scooped his third and Golden Boot winner Tshegofatso Mabasa scooped his first and only monthly award, the overall table was completed with six individual honours this season. September/October, November/December and February/March were judged as one month due to the amount of games in the league during that period. Coach of the Month: Player of the Month: Pule Mmoid, Samir Nurkovic, Sipho Mbule, Thabiso Lebitso, Asekho

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Mofokeng Reveals Riveiro’s Advice

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Orlando Pirates teenage sensation Relebohile Mofokeng says coach Jose Riveiro deserves credit for helping him improve on his game especially this season. Mofokeng was promoted from the side’s development ranks last season and has had South Africa mesmerised. This season, he helped Pirates to a domestic cup double and also earned his first senior national team call-up. The 19-year-old Sharpeville-born talent told reporters after his Nedbank Cup heroics in an interview carried in edition 157 of IDiski Times, how the Spaniard has individual sessions with him and has showed him where his game was lacking. “He always comes to me

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Sundowns Legend Ready To Grow And Help Club After CAF A Course

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Mamelodi Sundowns legend Godfrey Sapula says his CAF A License will help him grow to become a better coach at the club and help them sustain their legacy and success. The 2006/07 Premier Soccer League Footballer of the Season graduated with his CAF A License this week at the South African Football Association headquarters with several other coaches as he looks to take the next step of his career. Currently working with the Sundowns affiliate club M Tigers, Sapula feels his coaching qualifications now hold him in good stead to help the club further develop players ready for the demands

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Pitso Defends Tau, Foster Amid Criticism

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Pitso Mosimane says criticism over Percy Tau and Lyle Foster is unwarranted as they are among the best players South Africa currently has. Tau has come under major scrutiny for his performances with Bafana Bafana of late, starting from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations and Hugo Broos pulled him out of the FIFA Series games against Andorra and Algeria to shield him. He’s since returned, along with Foster, who has equally been hammered by fans and certain sections of the media over not honouring his call-up for AFCON whilst he was publically struggling with mental health issues, which saw

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Monyane Makes Big Pirates-CAFCL Claim

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Orlando Pirates right-wing-back Thabiso Monyane has made a bold claim that he will not leave the side until they win their second CAF Champions League title. Pirates have won Africa’s premier club competition once and have come close in past seasons, however recently the side exited the tournament as early as the preliminary rounds. The Buccaneers have once again qualified for the Champions League after finishing the 2023/24 DStv Premiership season in second place. The former South African junior international spoke to iDiski Times senior writer Velile Mnyandu in edition (156) of the newspaper, where he said it’s his personal

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Mali Legend On Why Top European Clubs Don’t Scout SA Players

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Former Mali and Sevilla attacking midfielder Frédéric Kanouté believes that youth development in South Africa and the Southern African region is still on the backfoot, making it difficult for European clubs to scout there. Kanouté, 46, was named the 2007 African Footballer of the Year. He pipped then-Chelsea duo Didier Drogba and Michael Essien to the award, becoming the first player born outside Africa to win it. The former Malian international player also plied his trade for English Premier League giants West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur before heading to Spain where he enjoyed a successful trophy-laden career with Sevilla.

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‘Rulani Advised Me Against Joining Sundowns’

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Chippa United goalkeeper coach Sean Louw has opened up about how Mamelodi Sundowns head coach, Rulani Mokoena advised him to get more PSL experience before aiming for a bigger side in the DStv Premiership. Louw chatted to iDiski Times senior writer Velile Mnyandu in edition 157 of the newspaper, where he spoke of a time he could have joined the seven-time league champions but heeded Mokoena’s advice. The two had worked together at the Chilli Boys during Mokoena’s stint at the Gqeberha-based outfit. Louw admits that he was tempted to join Sundowns, but realised that it was worth taking the

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Maela Hails Bucs Technical Team Member

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Orlando Pirates captain Innocent Maela has taken the time to appreciate technical team member Helmy Gueldich. Gueldich is the conditioning coach who joined Pirates from Tanzanian giants Young Africans at the beginning of the current season. He was part of Nasreddine Nabi’s technical team at Yanga, but they split after Nabi’s failed move to Kaizer Chiefs. The Tunisian won the MTN8 title three months into his Pirates career before going on to complete a cup double with the addition of the Nedbank Cup trophy a few months later in his debut season. “Unfortunately if I tell you what he does

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Broos Calls For VAR After Nigeria Clash

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Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has rallied behind calls for the introduction of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) during the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Broos’ charges held the Super Eagles of Nigeria to a hard-fought 1-1 draw at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Friday night. Themba Zwane gave the visitors a first-half lead, but Fisayo Dele-Bashiru got the equalizer for the home side shortly after the resumption of the second period. Speaking to the media after the match, the Belgian tactician emphasized the importance of introducing VAR during the current qualifiers as it could be crucial

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