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Get behind the biggest sporting stories and hear from the sporting world's biggest names, with the weekly SportsLIVE Podcast.
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'New Kazier Chiefs coach will be in charge by the pre-season'-Kazier Motaung tells BBK from 2023-12-05T13:15
A new Kaizer Chiefs coach will be in charge of the club going into preseason. These are not my words but those of head honcho of club, Kaizer Motaung himself. If you don’t believe me, listen to thi...
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DStv Premiership coaches speak their minds ahead of the 2023-24 season kick-off from 2023-08-03T16:07
The wait is over. Football on the domestic front is back and it will get off with a bang when six time Premier Soccer League champions and holders Mamelodi Sundowns get the show underway with a cla...
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Jose Riveiro talks upcoming Nedbank cup and all things Pirates from 2023-05-24T04:54
In an exclusive sit-down with Jose Riveiro we got the Orlando Pirates coach to talk about the threat of Sekhukhune United in the upcoming Nedbank Cup final. We also quizzed him about the defensive ...
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Our winning 11: Top fashion-scoring world cup soccer shirts from 2022-11-18T16:35
With the 2022 Qatar World Cup in full swing, Arena’s most fashion forward experts rate some of the best (and worst) soccer shirts to grace the pitch. The competition kicked off on Sunday and will s...
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Steenbok unplugged from 2022-10-07T14:04
New Safa technical director Walter Steenbok says he wants to silence the drums of disagreement between PSL coaches and Bafana boss Hugo Broos.
"I’m in a whatsapp group with all PSL coaches. I...
King Kaizer on the microphone from 2022-08-03T10:25
Kaizer Chiefs boss Kaizer Motaung speaks on the PSL working on a model to regulate the buying and selling of clubs and bringing a new leadership on board. King Kaizer says he is well aware that the...
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Kaizer Chiefs are improving, says Frosler from 2022-03-09T16:24
I’m chilling in the corner and sitting on a crate with Mabizwasabele. Who you ask? That’s the utility Kaizer Chiefs player Reeve Frosler. Frosler is adamant that Chiefs are improving. He talks ab...
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Morena, man of the moment from 2022-03-01T16:32
Thapelo Morena joins me on SportsLIVE with BBK as we look back to his moment of magic - the solitary strike that saw Mamelodi Sundowns earn an historic victory against Al Ahly in Egypt. We also cha...
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Kaizer Chiefs slayer Tim from 2022-02-16T17:48
He was signed as a player by John Comitis while pursuing his law studies. He graduated as a lawyer and went on to become a top player agent. He now sits as an equal with Comitis as a fellow club ow...
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Jesse Donn banging on the Bafana door from 2021-12-02T14:25
Jesse Donn, the 22-year-old SuperSport United central defensive midfielder tells me about quietly establishing himself in the Matsatsantsa engine room, banging on the Bafana door, learning from Teb...
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Magic man Maduka from 2021-11-11T19:02
The man from Malawi who is behind the magic of Royal AM, John Maduka is your guest on SportsLive with BBK. Hear him on red hot striker Victor Letsoalo, boss lady MamMkhize, Max Tshabalala and the s...
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From poverty to prosperity - The Willard Katsande story from 2021-10-29T11:25
This is not a football podcast. It is the inspirational life story of Willard Katsande, Zimbabwean professional footballer, a former player of Premier Soccer League club Kaizer Chiefs and the Zimba...
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Teboho Mokwena in the zone from 2021-09-23T14:56
“I grew up supporting Kaizer Chiefs but I’ve fallen in love with Mamelodi Sundowns,” Teboho Mokoena, the in-demand SuperSport United and Bafana Bafana midfielder, tells me on SportsLive with BBK. H...
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Chiefs vs Sundowns - the fan face-off is back from 2021-09-10T11:17
The swashbuckling Brazilian Skhomo and the stout-hearted Khosi Mkhu face-off on SportsLive with BBK as they run the rule on the upcoming mouthwatering Mamelodi Sundowns v Kaizer Chiefs clash.
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Bafana's new beginning under Broos from 2021-09-03T10:53
Colleague and senior journalist Mahlatse Mphahlele joins me as we sink our teeth into Bafana Bafana as they begin their gruelling qualifying campaign for 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar as the team bu...
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Salute the Major from 2021-08-27T07:40
Listen to AmaZulu striker Lehlohonolo Majoro tell his story of how he retired from football in his teens, having the cushion of education, Caf Champions League campaign and working with Bhele and B...
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Mokwena on the mic from 2021-08-20T13:16
On SportsLIVE with BBK, Mamelodi Sundowns co-coach Rulani Mokwena shares his thoughts on the club's new signings, Caf Champions League, the strength and threat of Kaizer Chiefs and more.
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Off the field: saving soccer sponsorships from 2021-08-13T13:19
Managing partner at Playmakers Seishane Leshaba chats sponsorships, the impact of Covid-19 on the shrinking the sponsorship and sports revenue market and shirt merchandise, with our host BBK on thi...
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Jele unplugged… from 2021-08-06T12:27
Happy Jele and Orlando Pirates have been tighter than tongue and saliva, together since 2006. Hear him out on his highs and lows at Bucs, recovering from suffering tennis score defeats, being sidel...
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Reject? Who? Me? from 2021-07-30T07:07
Keagan Dolly is back in town and went one on one with BBK. He breathes fire about his new home Kaizer Chiefs, reuniting with the components of the CBD, rejecting offers from elsewhere and what he a...
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"I had a dream", says Bafana Bafana keeper Ronwen Williams from 2021-05-14T12:13
If you want loyalty get a dog, they say. If you want a one club man, SuperSport United goalkeeper Ronwen Williams is your go to guy. He arrived at the club as a kid and is living his dream as numbe...
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Zungu in the zone from 2021-03-19T16:47
"If you are a player for AmaZulu FC you have to impress coach," says club president Sandile Zungu when asked about Siphiwe Tshabalala. He also shares his thoughts on coach Benni McCarthy, Moeneeb J...
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Jay-Jay Okocha says his say… from 2021-03-05T12:09
He was so good they named him twice, Jay Jay Okocha. On SportsLive with BBK the Nigerian and African soccer legend chats about SA players being too comfortable, says Motsepe for Caf president and g...
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Thabo Nodada unplugged from 2021-02-26T17:18
The Cape Town City captain is not just a dynamite in a small package. He is actually a ball of fire. He shares his thoughts about the prospect of joining Kaizer Chiefs, Bafana beating Ghana, Bongan...
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The power of Mandla from 2021-02-12T15:43
Head coach Mandla Ncikazi shares the secrets of Lamontville Golden Arrows' great start to the PSL season, how he discovered Fortune Makaringe and a long list of other players, his relationship with...
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Buhle breaks the silence from 2021-01-29T13:33
Buhlebuyeza Mkhwanazi has not kicked a ball in anger in many months. The 2016 MTN8 winner, the 2017 Premier Soccer League and Telkom Knockout champion joins BBK on SportsLive with BBK to talk about...
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Music in the air from 2021-01-22T15:19
What's popping in the ears of flying winger and Rugby World Cup hero Makazole Mapimpi when he prepares himself for the battle ahead? What sound moves the spirit of veteran footballer Reneilwe Letsh...
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Kekana unplugged from 2020-11-27T17:13
The captain of mellow yellow men from Chloorkop, the scorer of top drawer scorchers, Hlompho Kekana, has once again gained nomination for the Puskas goal of the year. He is the guest on SportsLive ...
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Desiree's desire for a record fourth Cosafa Cup final victory from 2020-11-13T15:27
Whoever came up with dynamite comes in small packages had my guest in mind. She is the mother of the nation of the many women who play football for the senior women's soccer national team Banyana B...
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From Jozi to Dar es Salaam, Senzo is the man! from 2020-11-06T14:29
Today on SportsLive with BBK we travel all the way to east Africa. We stop in country called Tanzania. The reason we are in Tanzania today is because it has, for many years, been home to one South ...
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Cobra ready to strike Sea Robbers from 2020-10-23T13:15
Name: Dlamini, Ayanda "Cobra" Dlamini. Age: 36. Occupation: Youngest coach in the Premier Soccer League. Discussion: Why I signed Augustine Mulenga. Why I went for experinced Alan Freese as assist...
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Cometh the hour, cometh Gavin from 2020-10-16T11:13
"Kaizer Chiefs will be competitive. I will make them competitive." That is Gavin Hunt's pledge to the army of Amakhosi faithful as he begins his journey in gold and black. Catch his frank conversat...
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From Cape to Cairo, Rhulani on Pitso from 2020-10-02T14:28
Rhulani Mokwena shares his thoughts on the mark of the man that is Pitso Mosimane. The foundations of African football shook when Mosimane resigned from an eight year successful spell with Mamelodi...
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Rugby returns and magical soccer ahead from 2020-09-25T14:05
The focus is on rugby and soccer in your latest offering of SportsLIVE with BBK. There will be a lot of rusty bodies when rugby returns in SA. Loftus Versfeld will be the base for the Super Fan Sat...
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Kaizer Chiefs' head scout chats about player selection in SA from 2020-09-18T13:05
Walter Steenbok, the head of scouting at Kaizer Chiefs, a role he performed with distinction at Mamelodi Sundowns, is a well decorated scouting master. The supremely qualified talent spotter has p...
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'My dream was to become a radio DJ' — Mamelodi Sundowns captain Hlompho Kekana from 2020-09-11T12:51
From the dusty fields of Zebediela to scaling the heights of football success in SA and the continent. That is the story of Hlompho Kekana, the Mamelodi Sundowns captain as told to Bareng-Batho Kor...
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Fan face-off part two: Chiefs vs Sundowns from 2020-09-04T12:30
In today's podcast we have part two of the fan face-off between Kaizer Chiefs fan Mkhuseli Ngcube and his opposite number from Mamelodi Sundowns, Sive Yekanye. We are one match away from the curta...
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Kaitano Tembo watches with keen interest as Sundowns capitalise on Chiefs fumble from 2020-08-28T11:40
The 2019-20 Absa Premiership season is fast approaching the finish line. Although they lost 1-0 Mamelodi Sundowns on Thursday, Kaizer Chiefs are still at the summit of the standings by virtue of a ...
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FAN FACE-OFF | Chiefs vs.Sundowns from 2020-08-21T13:13
Fans are the fuel that fire up the beautiful game. The footballers turn on the magic between the four white lines. The club bosses pay the bills. The sponsors funnel the funds that make the world...
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Geoffrey Toyana is ‘disappointed and disgusted’ by CSA president Chris Nenzani's comments from 2020-08-14T15:49
Today we shine the spotlight on Geoffrey Toyana, a top cricket coach who conducted a cleansweep in domestic cricket in 2017. On the back of the great work he did with Highveld Lions, the man was in...
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Soccer is back: coaches comment on Nedbank Cup semifinals from 2020-08-07T12:06
Welcome to SportsLIVE with BBK. In our first episode today, we will shine the spotlight on the Nedbank Cup semifinals. Find out what the coaches of Mamelodi Sundowns, Bidvest Wits, Baroka FC and Bl...
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Lebogang Manyama's Comeback Season from 2020-03-25T08:16
Kaizer Chiefs held pole position in the Absa Premiership before the Premier Soccer League was suspended due to the coronavirus lockdown. Prior to the recess, Lebogang Manyama was the attacking midf...
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COVID-19, SPORT-0 (feat. Danny Jordaan&Irvin Khoza) from 2020-03-20T10:47
The Corona Virus has hit live sports for a six, it's put 19 past the net, it's stolen a march on every sporting event around the globe, it's hit sports for a knockout and fans as well as players an...
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The story of the Malan brothers, Pieter, Andre&Janneman from 2020-03-11T09:41
Cricketer Andre Malan joined us on the SportsLIVE podcast to chat about his and his brothers' background and their make-up. Andre, 28, plays for Western Province, while his siblings, Pieter and Ja...
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RWC2019 Untold Stories (feat. Rassie Erasmus&Dr Jerome Mampane) from 2020-03-03T16:22
Yes, the 2019 Rugby World Cup is still on our minds and we relish the idea of peeling layers of the Springboks' third William Webb Ellis trophy. In this episode, we have another look behind the sc...
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What happened to Inny Radebe? from 2020-02-26T08:35
One of the most talked-about episodes in rugby last year happened when former Sharks flyhalf Inny Radebe released a "diss track" venting his frustrations with the South African rugby system. In th...
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Should Temba replace Faf? (feat. Phila Sixaba) from 2020-02-19T08:34
Faf du Plessis announced that he was stepping down from the Proteas Test and T20 captaincy, making way for a new leader. Quinton de Kock has assumed the reins in the white-ball formats (ODI and T20...
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Team SA in precarious shape for Olympics (feat. David Isaacson) from 2020-02-12T08:03
Without Wayde van Niekerk or Caster Semenya, two great medal hopes, Team South Africa came back from the World Athletics Championships in Doha without a single medal -- an ominous sign before the T...
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Kaizer Chiefs 50th Anniversary Tribute (feat. Kaizer Motaung, Lebo Manyama) from 2020-02-05T08:21
Kaizer Chiefs celebrate their 50th birthday this year and as a tribute, SportsLIVE put together a wonderfully packaged scripted podcast -- the first for the award-winning podcast. Narrated by Spor...
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PODCAST TRAILER | Kaizer Chiefs 50th Anniversary Tribute (feat. Lebogang Manyama) from 2020-01-29T09:11
The SportsLIVE podcast brings you a tribute episode to the 50th Anniversary of Kaizer Chiefs' formation. In the full episode, coming up next week, we visit the founding years of the club, from th...
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Temba Bavuma&the black batsman burden (feat. Daniel Gallan) from 2020-01-26T15:43
Temba Bavuma forced his way back into the Proteas Test team after scoring runs, 180 of them in one innings, for the Lions in the domestic 4-Day competition. But his omission from the SA team that ...
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Proteas In Crisis (feat. Kagiso Rabada) from 2020-01-22T12:41
After England took an assailable 2-1 lead in the four-Test series against South Africa, we looked at the cause of the malaise the national South African men's cricket team is under. We hear from p...
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'I'm stoked to be alive': Kirsten Landman from 2020-01-15T08:15
Hard enduro biker Kirsten Landman made history in the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia by becoming one of the first African women, alongside Taye Perry from East London, to ride the toughest motorsport ...
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The Legacy of EL10's (feat. Scarra Ntubeni&Sikhumbuzo Notshe) from 2020-01-08T08:49
In the first episode of 2020 for this award-winning podcast, we went to the East London 10's tournament where we caught up with some of the chief organisers of what was a groundbreaking event for t...
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How We won the World Cup Part 2 (feat. Lindsay Weyer) from 2019-12-13T11:51
In Part 2 of our beautifully insightful conversation with Rassie Erasmus's lieutenant, performance analyst Lindsay Weyer, our last special guest for 2019 breaks down how the Springboks dismantled E...
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How We Won the World Cup Part 1 (feat. Lindsay Weyer) from 2019-12-11T12:53
Performance analyst Lindsay Weyer sat next to Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus and he got the best seat in the house as South Africa's messiah led the Boks to their third Rugby World Cup title, ...
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Henry Olonga: 'I had no pleasure when Mugabe died' from 2019-12-04T08:58
In this new episode of the award-winning SportsLIVE podcast, we cross the oceans to Brisbane, Australia, to chat to one of the most fascinating characters sport has ever seen. This is the full con...
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SportsLIVE wins SAB Sports Media Awards Newcomer of the Year 2019! from 2019-12-04T08:23
The SportsLIVE Podcast was the only podcast to feature at this years SAB Sports Media Awards, winning the audio categories Newcomer of the Year award. Our host Sbu, explains what the win means to...
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The year of Women's Football (feat. Desiree Ellis) from 2019-11-27T08:46
Banyana Banyana head coach Desiree Ellis paid a special visit to the SportsLIVE podcast to detail the whimsical year 2019 has been for the South African National Women's team, as well as women's fo...
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Downs Dynasty plus Am&Mapimpi's roots (feat Elliot Fana) from 2019-11-20T13:59
There’s trouble in paradise, if reports are to be believed, at Mamelodi Sundowns with an alleged rift between head coach Pitso Mosimane and Alex Shakoane. Allegations are that a campaign to oust t...
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Special |"Ndlozi is not a God of sport"- Holomisa from 2019-11-14T14:26
Leader of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) General Bantu Holomisa responded to EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi's comments that the Springboks "entrenched white supremacy in the South African ...
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Give Chiefs the league title now (feat. Mark Haskins) from 2019-11-13T09:06
The AmaKhosi runaway train seems to have suffered brake failure because it is not showing any signs of stopping any time soon. Kaizer Chiefs are enjoying one of their best starts to an Absa Premi...
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Boks Are World Champions (feat. Whiteley&Kankowski) from 2019-11-06T16:59
The Springboks arrived in the country to heroes welcome at OR Tambo International Airport, where scores of fans sang songs of jubilation, displaying an utterly joyous side of South Africa. We hear...
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Bakkies Botha:"Siya Will Lift the Trophy" from 2019-11-01T13:38
SportsLIVE caught up with 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok Bakkies Botha ahead of the 2019 final between the Springboks and England. Bakkies faced England in the '07 final and gave his views ...
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THE SHOWDOWN: what to expect from the 2019 RWC final from 2019-10-30T11:19
Not many predicted that the Springboks would face England in the Rugby World Cup final in Japan this year but, according to Sunday Times UK rugby writer, Stephen Jones, these are the two best teams...
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Tim Sukazi:"TS Galaxy are the Barcelona of Africa" from 2019-10-23T10:17
TS Galaxy founder Tim Sukazi is known as a straight-talking, shrewd football and legal mind. The former player agent visited the Tiso Blackstar Multimedia studios to chat about what went into his t...
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Team SA: Despair in Doha (feat. Peter Stemmet) from 2019-10-16T11:42
Team South Africa came back from the IAAF Athletics Championships in Doha last week without a single medal, which was in stark contrast to the 2017 performance in London, where the team finished th...
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Becoming an award-winning sports Journalist feat. Junia Stainbank from 2019-10-09T12:33
For this episode we were joined in studio by accomplished multiple award-winning sports journalist Junia Stainbank, who spoke to SportsLIVE podcast host Sbu Mjikeliso on what it takes to become a t...
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"Mark Alexander must step down"over Etzebeth - Claassen from 2019-10-04T10:38
The leader of the Khoisan Defiance Campaign, Sammy Claassen, whose organisation laid the complaint regarding Eben Etzebeth's alleged racial assault in Langebaan with the SA Human Rights Commission,...
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More than Rugby Part 2: The Nkosi&Nomlomo journey from 2019-10-02T08:43
While Springbok captain Siya Kolisi leads the Springboks at the Rugby World Cup, becoming the first black African to do so, the #SportsLIVE podcast charts the journey of players that come from plac...
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More than Rugby - Part 1 from 2019-09-25T08:03
SportsLIVE podcast host Sbu Mjikeliso spent a week in Japan where he witnessed the Springboks lose to the All Blacks in a game that the South Africans controlled and bossed for large chunks. But t...
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RWC Preview: Kaplan on refs&Herschel Jantjies from 2019-09-18T08:51
The wait is over. The 2019 Rugby World Cup kicks off this weekend and the tournament comes out swinging with South Africa facing New Zealand in one of the competition's opening round matches. It's...
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Kaizer Chiefs Top&Ntseki the very cheap option from 2019-09-11T08:07
South Africa took plenty L's during the international window when no African country wanted to play a friendly against Bafana Bafana because of the xenophobic violence sweeping across the country. ...
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Aphiwe Dyantyi: Separating Fact From Conspiracy from 2019-09-04T10:44
Springbok Aphiwe Dyantyi tested positive for three banned substances, which was confirmed by his B sample that came back positive for multiple banned drugs, including steroids. This obviously sent...
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Bok Squad Special: Full analysis&big predictions from 2019-08-28T08:15
Sbu Mjikeliso hosts former Bulls lock Mthunzi "Fudge" Mabeta and sports analyst Lunga Kupiso in an unmatched Springbok 2019 Rugby World Cup squad announcement special where they took a deep into Ra...
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MB Lusaseni exclusive Part 2:"Straueli told me to go home&forget about rugby." from 2019-08-21T08:34
Former SA Junior Springbok and Lions lock MB Lusaseni cut his career tragically short at the age of 26, and in this candid part 2 of his exclusive chat with Sbu Mjikeliso, he tackles his last seaso...
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MB Lusaseni exclusive Part1:"I got paid R2K, others got R700 playing pro rugby" from 2019-08-14T08:06
Former Lions and Junior Springbok lock MB Lusaseni revealed how much he used to earn as an entry level rugby player from the Eastern Cape when he arrived at one of the biggest rugby academies in th...
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Football Extravaganza: Chiefs, Pirates, Sundowns from 2019-08-07T08:20
The new Premier Soccer League season began with clinical performances from the traditional PSL Big Three – Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns – all began the season with impressiv...
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Scorching Lorch, Hot Herschel&Phumelela Mbande from 2019-07-31T08:42
The football season that's about to begin could not as for a better appetizer than the Soweto Derby during the Carling Black Label Cup. But does it truly serve as a yardstick? Thembinkosi Lorch, ...
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#BaxterIN, Frans Steyn&Mpho Mbiyozo from 2019-07-24T08:33
There's much ado about plenty since South Africa closed the chapter on its finest performance at the Africa Cup of Nations of the past decade in Egypt and plenty of it has to do with the future of ...
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Greatest Sports Day Ever&Rassie Erasmus plans from 2019-07-17T08:42
Sunday July 14 will not be a day that's easily forgotten. How can it? When it had the longest and possibly top two most thrilling Wimbledon men's final of all time, contested by the grass court kin...
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Bafana Tuck Egypt In&Rugby Future from 2019-07-10T08:56
Bafana Bafana crashed the party in Egypt. Not only did they cause mass depression for the Africa Cup of Nations hosts but they created a storm in the Egyptian FA, which led to the resignation of th...
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Proteas future&Baxter blunder from 2019-07-03T08:21
Cricket's future is on the line and some drastic decisions need to be made to turn the pathetic Proteas around and to get Cricket South Africa back on an even keel. The Proteas lost to major tourn...
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Prisoners beat Police&Afcon Special from 2019-06-26T08:50
South African sports has gone through the most in the sporting world this month, can Bafana Bafana bring some respite? Their Africa Cup of Nations tournament did not get off to the best possible st...
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Sports Broadcasting: Irvin Khoza, Rambo&a New Player from 2019-06-19T08:57
Premier Soccer League chairman Dr Irvin Khoza spoke to SportsLIVE podcast host Sbu Mjikeliso about the ICASA public hearings into the draft sports broadcast regulations that threaten to shake up th...
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Burger Hands, Miguel&the Proteas Soap Opera from 2019-06-12T08:34
In the second episode of the SportsLIVE Podcast Sbu Mjikeliso is again joined by sports journalist Daniel Gallan via Skype from the UK, who lifts the lid on the soapie kind of week that's unfolded ...
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Major Wonder – Mabunda’s Bushiri Complex from 2019-06-05T09:39
In the first episode of the SportsLIVE podcast we review the Proteas’ first two Cricket World Cup games and what went horribly wrong there. We chat to sports scribe Daniel Gallan, based in the UK a...
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