Gor Mahia defender Godfrey Walusimbi travelled to South Africa to meet Kaizer Chiefs after the club tapped him up, according to the Kenyan giants’ chairman Ambrose Rachier.
The instrumental left-sided defender, who featured for Uganda at the 2017 African Cup of Nations, travelled to South Africa on Thursday to discuss a move to the South African giants.
“Let it be known that Walusimbi made it to South Africa to meet Kaizer Chiefs without the club’s permission or notifying the club on his travel…
There have been just two rounds of the Absa Premiership played so far but already five goals of the highest quality have been scored – all potential entrants for the Goal of the Season award and one that might even make FIFA’s list of top strikes in the year.
The Absa Premiership had a goals problem last season – there were not nearly enough scored – but so far in this campaign the strike-rate has improved and the quality of some of the goals truly eye-catching.
KweséESPN looks at five…
The protracted transfer saga involving Madagascar international Andriamirado Andrianarimanana’s arrival at Kaizer Chiefs appears to be at an end after he finally jetted into South Africa over the weekend.
The 27-year-old, known more simply as ‘Dax’, had been the subject of a tug-of-war between the Chiefs and his Madagascan club, Fosa Juniors, who both claimed to have a valid contract with the player.
Fosa Juniors even confiscated the player’s passport to stop him concluding the transfer, but he…
Defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns were held to a 1-1 draw by Kaizer Chiefs in their opening fixture of the Absa Premiership at a sold-out Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
The match kicked-off 15 minutes late due to the throngs of fans…
Kaizer Chiefs coach Giovanni Solinas will take his place in the dug-out when the ailing Soweto giants begin their Absa Premiership season away at defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday.
The Italian coach has received his work permit and can officially start his job some three weeks after he was appointed to turn around the fortunes of South Africa’s most popular club.
Chiefs confirmed on Tuesday that his paperwork is through, and fans will no doubt be eager to hear his vision for the…
South Africa’s Premier Soccer League season will get underway on Saturday in what is a congested campaign that could see some clubs playing more than 50 games.
It will also provide players in the domestic competitions with the chance to enhance their reputations, and give those new to the league the opportunity to forge a cult following.
KweséESPN looks at 10 players sure to catch the eye in the new PSL campaign.
KHAMA BILLIAT (KAIZER CHIEFS)
Billiat is certainly no stranger to South African…
The new season in South Africa’s Absa Premiership is scheduled to kick-off early next month and on paper looks as though it will be a closely-fought battle between a number of clubs.
There are only four sides in the history of the Premier League who are ever-presents since the competition was first played in the 1996/97 season and not surprisingly they are also the four most successful clubs.
KweséESPN takes a look at their records with one club from outside of Soweto standing out as a shining…
Italian coach Giovanni Solinas has been tasked with taking Kaizer Chiefs back to the glory days of lifting trophies as the best and most respected club in the country.
He faces a daunting task to build a squad capable of competing wit…
Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns will clash in a high-profile pre-season friendly at the FNB Stadium on Saturday, a first real sight of the two sides in local action ahead of the scheduled start of the new campaign.
Chiefs played in the Maize Cup last weekend with a mixed side over two games, but are likely to go with their strongest line-up for this fixture as they try to win back disillusioned fans under the ‘new dawn’ following the arrival of coach Giovanni Solinas.
It will also potentially…
Former Zimbabwe international Liberty Masunda, who played for Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa, has been jailed for three years in England after being found guilty of defrauding the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) out of £450,000 in…