ALSO LAST MONTH…
• Benni McCarthy starts life at AmaZulu with a 3-1 victory over Chippa United as his second stint as a head coach gets under way. McCarthy is joined in Durban by his former assistant at Cape Town City, Vasili Manousakis.
• Cape Town City replace Manousakis with former Bafana Bafana captain Aaron Mokoena, who reunites with head coach Jan Olde Riekerink, who coached him in the juniors at Ajax
Amsterdam early in his career.
• Chippa United appoint Dan Malesela for a third stint in charge of the side, this after the coach had vowed never to return to the Chilli Boyz. Malesela had been axed by TS Galaxy, who replaced him with interim coach Zipho Dlangalala.
• Malesela’s predecessor Lehlohonolo Seema is appointed assistant coach to Dylan Kerr at Black Leopards.
• Kaizer Chiefs mourn the loss of former Amakhosi stalwart Johannes ‘Ryder’ Mofokeng, who passed away on January 2 aged 68.
• Mamelodi Sundowns reject a bid from Al Ahly for forward Gaston Sirino and tell the Uruguayan to fight for his place at Chloorkop. • Mamelodi Sundowns snap up veteran former SuperSport United defender Clayton Daniels as a free agent.
• The Premier Soccer League suspend the 2020-21 DStv Diski Challenge season due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in the country.
• Orlando Pirates goalkeeper coach Jyri Nieminen leaves the club after 18 months with the team, while veteran youth coach Augusto Palacios also announces he will exit the team.
• The tombstone of late former Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo
Meyiwa has been vandalised just under two months after it was unveiled.
• Premier Soccer League senior manager, and former KICK OFF journalist, Lux September, is appointed the Confederation of African Football’s new Head of Media.
• Striker Samir Nurkovic reaches an agreement to sign a new contract with Kaizer Chiefs to end all speculation he could leave Naturena.
• African football legend El Hadji Diouf hails Mamelodi Sundowns as one of the biggest clubs in the world after he attended the club’s 50th anniversary event.
• Baroka FC complete the signing of Namibian striker Joslin Kamatuka. The Windhoek-born international was on the books of second-tier Cape Umoya United last season.
• Patrice Motsepe’s bid for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) presidency is deemed admissible by the governing body. The elections are in March.