Four brave (read: foolish) News24 writers put their reputations on the line by predicting what they think will happen in the 2026/27 Premier Soccer League season.

Hugo Broos was emotional when the South African Football Association bid him farewell on the last day of his five-year contract at Nasrec on Friday.

The 2026/27 Betway Premiership will test whether the other 14 teams can challenge Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns’ league duopoly.

Stellenbosch FC coach Gavin Hunt is angry that his club has been left homeless again, with rugby taking preference in all the stadiums they can use in the Western Cape.

Morocco are not the villains they have been made out to be regarding the poorly attended Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. In fact, in this instance, the north Africans are the heroes. The real villains are the rest of the African football fraternity, writes Njabulo Ngidi.

Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis has challenged her team to rise from the disappointment of losing to Tanzania and show Africa who they really are.

Banyana Banyana’s shock 2-1 defeat by Tanzania in their opening Women’s Africa Cup of Nations match brought into sharp focus the 2022 champions’ regression and the progress made by “minnows” like the Twiga Stars on the continent, writes Njabulo Ngidi.

Brandon Petersen is using his controversial FIFA World Cup omission as fuel to become one of South Africa’s best goalkeepers. The Kaizer Chiefs captain kept 15 clean sheets last season but missed out on Bafana Bafana’s historic World Cup squad.

Fernando da Cruz responded with an emphatic “no” when asked if the current Kaizer Chiefs squad can compete for the league title and go the distance in the CAF Confederation Cup.

Linda Motlhalo can pinpoint the exact moment that helped her put her best foot forward in a memorable Banyana Banyana debut that signalled the birth of a star.