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
Broos looks beyond his time as he brings in new and young for Bafana

‘For a young player, joining the national team is a special experience’: coach casts his net wide for friendlies

Sazi Hadebe Sports reporter
Jordaan promises MPs ‘accountability’ as Tseka named as culprit for Bafana ...

Bafana Bafana team manager Vincent Tseka was named by fuming MPs in parliament's sports portfolio committee as the official responsible for missing ...

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We’ll wait and see: Jordaan dribbles parliament on fourth term at Safa

President indicated after he was elected in 2022 he would step down after completing present term.

Sazi Hadebe Sports reporter
Moment of truth for Sundowns

Mamelodi Sundowns face the moment of truth in the final hurdle of their quest for the conquest of the Confederation of African Football Champions ...

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Broos not losing sleep about Fifa decision on Mokoena

Hugo Broos is losing no sleep about what impact Fifa's final decision on Teboho Mokoena will have on Bafana Bafana's qualification for the 2026 Fifa ...

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'You have to make the right choice': Bafana coach Broos on Mofokeng's European ...

A year ago, Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos warned of rushing Relebohile Mofokeng to find a club in Europe saying the Orlando Pirates attacker needed ...

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‘I don’t have anything against Chiefs’: Broos on absence of Amakhosi players in ...

‘OK, they won the cup, but I think that was the only highlight in the season for Chiefs.’

Sazi Hadebe Sports reporter
Maela bids emotional farewell to Orlando as Pirates draw against Magesi

Emotional farewell for Pirates captain Innocent Maela, who got a standing ovation from the Buccaneers fans.

Sazi Hadebe Sports reporter
Kaizer Chiefs miss out on PSL top eight as Cape Town City stay in fight

Kaizer Chiefs finished outside the top eight of the Betway Premiership for the second successive season for the first time in their history after ...

Sazi Hadebe Sports reporter
No slowing down for SA football in the second half of 2025

Despite all the administrative bungles that have basseted it, SA football is thriving in 2025 with at least one team, SA Under-20, already crowned ...