KAIZER UPDATES

Kaizer Chiefs appeal against the transfer ban imposed by FIFA is set for 8-9 September 2020 with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). FIFA has found that the signing of Andriamirado ‘Dax’ Andrianarimanana in August 2018 flaunted the FIFA’s transfer regulations. Subsequently, Kaizer Chiefs appealed against the ruling and will get a chance to prove otherwise through the appeal process. FIFA imposed the transfer ban following a complaint by Dax’s former Malagasy club Fosa Juniors. Kaizer Chiefs will give an update on the processes as the case has implications on the upcoming transfer window.

Kaizer Chiefs’ players have always played a leading role in some of Bafana Bafana’s biggest moments and Siphiwe Tshabalala’s sensational 2010 FIFA World Cup opening goal was another heart-stopping piece of South African football history. Bafana’s very first international goal since readmission, back in 1992, was scored by Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Doctor Khumalo in Durban against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. South Africa’s famous 1996 Africa Cup of Nations victory will forever be associated with the image of Kaizer Chiefs captain Neil Tovey lifting the trophy alongside a beaming Nelson Mandela. And it was Kaizer Chiefs and Leeds United legend, Lucas Radebe, who led Bafana to their first FIFA World Cup appearance at France 1998 and again four years later to the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan. When Africa hosted its first FIFA World Cup in 2010, the Amakhosi were again front and centre, as for the first time three Kaizer Chiefs players started and featured in a FI...