Sundowns boss sequestrated
MAY 16
Chiefs lose for the first time in the season, a 1-0 loss to Jomo Cosmos for whom Chippa Mazibuko gets the winner.
MAY 22
Sticks Morewa, the only permanent officer of the Soccer Association of SA, announces Sasa has secured an R80 000 backing from Premier Milling. Sasa, who have only been in existence for two years, has 11 430 teams with 486 200 registered footballers under its wing.
MAY 29
Owner of Sundowns Zola Mahobe( has his assets sequestrated after it is claimed he and his fiancée Snowy Moshoeshoe had defrauded Standard Bank of R10-million.
MAY 31
Sundowns fans chant‘Viva Zola, viva’as their team beats Rangers 2-1 with a brace from Bennet Masinga.
JUNE 3
A committee of five is put in place to run Sundowns.
JUNE 10
Calvin Petersen rejoins Durban Bush Bucks after a seven-month stint with Austrian First Division club St Eisenstadt.
JUNE 17
The gates at Ellis Park are to open at 7pm as 85 000 fans are expected for the historic triple-header JPS Cup replays between Wits and Cosmos, Pirates and Blackpool and Swallows and Bush Bucks.
JUNE 20
More than 5 000 mourners attend the funeral of Pirates PRO Mzwandile Malgas days after he was shot while traveling in his car from Orlando East.
JUNE 23
A former traffic cop appears in court for the murder of Malgas.
JUNE 28
Sundowns stay on top of the Castle League with a classy 3-0 win over African Wanderers.
JULY 3
The three-year dispute between the NSL and NPSL over 1.5-million that 18 former NPSL clubs claim belongs to them could be resolved in weeks. Castle League leaders Sundowns lose for only the second time in 16 games when thirdfrom-bottom Celtic beat them 2-1.
JULY 19
Pirates, with a goal from Basil Steenkamp, down Wits 1-0 to reach the JPS KO semi-final. In the other semi, Bush Bucks beat Hellenic with the same score.
JULY 21
Struggling Blackpool appoint Mario Tuani as coach amid controversy surrounding former coach Jorge Santoro’s resignation.
JULY 25
David Cork will not be sent home to England after punching referee David Nungu in a Castle League match against Chiefs.
AUG 2
Starting as underdogs, Pirates crush Bush Bucks of Durban 3-1 in the first leg of the JPS KO Final in Durban. Man of the Match is Basil Steenkamp for Bucs who scores two first-half goals after Mlungisi Ngubane gives Bush Bucks the lead.
AUG 7
Cosmos buy Pitso Mosimane from Sundowns – the fee Cosmos paid is not disclosed. In a dramatic turn Bush Bucks beat Pirates 2-0 in the second round of the JPS KO Final to level the aggregate score to 3-3, forcing a replay.
AUG 16
Three Pirates players escape unhurt when the car they are travelling in overturns near Mafikeng. Teboho Moloi, Ernest Makhanya and Isaac Mogagabe walk away without a scratch.
AUG 18
Sundowns receive R10 000 from Castle League sponsors SA Breweries for holding first position on the log at the end of the first round.
AUG 23
Bush Bucks win the JPS KO Final 2-1 with two goals from Calvin Petersen. Moloi scores with a 30-metre drive for Pirates to set up a frantic final few minutes.
AUG 30
Swallows and Pirates are shock first-round victims in the Mainstay Cup, losing to Cape Town Spurs and Silver Spurs respectively.
SEPT 1
Swallows‘fans get their way when director David Chabeli fires coach Rodney Bush.