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Tying the knot more than once is part of life for celebrities. What matters for most of them is finding the right person to spend the rest of their lives with, no matter how long it takes. This is the story of Teko Modise, South Africa's beloved retired professional footballer. The young man got married for the first time before the age of 30, but unfortunately, things didn't work out...

Orlando Pirates is one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in South Africa. The team was founded in 1973, and it has since then won many national and international competitions. While in recent time it has found itself struggling with other clubs, including Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs F.C., Pirates has set many records and legacies. They have won more than 40 trophies, including Cup competitions considered...

Hlompho Kekana is a South African football player who currently plays for Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. in the South African Premier Soccer League (PSL). He has a net worth valued at R5.9 million. Kekana started his journey to the limelight in football as far back as 2002 while he was in high school. His football career has been active from 2002 to date. Over the course of his football career,...

Football management has evolved today, and club administrators, especially elite clubs, are under more pressure to deliver on their promise now more than ever. This gives rise to a situation where astute tacticians are in hot demand. Asking clubs price them away from their current job by offering a higher pay packet and better working conditions. This situation has led to some coaches earning more and becoming the highest-paid...

Football all over the world is known as a money-spinning machine. Every year, the goal of the richest football teams in Europe, such as Real Madrid, Manchester United, FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and the likes, remain the same: To be successful both on and off the pitch by playing great football, attracting more fans, winning trophies, attracting the best players and brands to do business with the club, which...

When news first broke that former Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates star and captain Jimmy Tau was in a relationship with Tsholofelo Mhlongo, it marked the start of a serious drama as the former football star was a friend to Tsholofelo's father. Although there were some oppositions at first, the couple held their grounds, and before the dust could finally settle, they had a daughter together. Only a few years...

You do not need to be an ardent follower of sports in South Africa before you will get to know Thembinkosi Lorch. A football star who plays as a forward for the Bafana Bafana as well as for the Orlando Pirates, he has been in the news for his great skills, and most recently, for getting in trouble with the law after an assault on his girlfriend. The Orlando Pirates...

Footballers in most parts of the world enjoy a life of luxury, and this is no different for the Zimbabwean professional football star, Khama Billiat. Born on August 19, 1992, in Harare, Zimbabwe, Khama grew up in a sports-loving family. His father, Mustafo Billiat, and uncle Cheche Billiat played for the Harare, Zimbabwean-based football club, CAPS United. Interestingly, Khama also spent his amateur days in the same club, idolizing his...

South Africa is a nation of sports-loving people especially with soccer which is one of the most popular of all sports. The sport has found a place in the hearts of citizens -  even with its rocky start of segregation in the apartheid regime, it became one of the first sports that unified the nation in 1991. The national team, Bafana Bafana, has scores of followers and has qualified for...

The South African national football team is undoubtedly made up of professionals who possess unique skills and talents but as the hope of the nation hangs on these talents, what chances do they have of winning the Nations' Cup? It is worth remembering that it is the efforts of these footballers that has seen the nation qualify for the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2015 tournament when other respected countries including Nigeria failed...

The South African rugby legend, Joost Van der Westhuizen, passed away on the 6th of February, 2017, two weeks before his 46th birthday. He is famous for playing in 89 international matches for the South African national team, during which he scored 38 tries. He played in three rugby world cups including the infamous 1995 tournament which South Africa won. Joost played as the scrum-half in most of his matches...