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Tshepo Rabothe

Senior Soccer Journalist
Farpost most improved journalist 2024 | Betway Premiership, SAFJA Excellence, Player Transfers, Tactical Match Analysis, South African Football Culture |
Tshepo Rabothe is a Gauteng-based Senior Soccer Journalist at FARPost, covering the Betway Premiership, transfers and tactical match analysis, and interviewing coaches and players across South African football. He was named FARPost’s Most Improved Journalist for 2024, and in 2025 he was nominated for the SAFJA Young Journalist of the Year award by the South African Football Journalists Association.

Tshepo Rabothe

Magesi FC new players.

‘Nobody wants to lose a derby’: Diamond Thopola 

Magesi FC face Baroka in the Motsepe Foundation Championship clash on Sunday and former Orlando Pirates defender Diamond Thopola has shared his thoughts…
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New Kaizer Chiefs striker Efmamjjasond Gonzalez.

Ntseki gives his verdict on Colombian striker Gonzalez

Kaizer Chiefs head coach Molefi Ntseki has given his verdict on the club's new signing, Efmamjjasond Gonzales Palacios, ahead of the Colombian's debut in the…
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Orlando Pirates captain Innocent Maela.

Pirates captain Maela unfazed by jam-packed schedule 

Orlando Pirates captain Innocent Maela is unfazed by the jam-packed schedule and has revealed how the Soweto giants will deal with the schedule overload. …
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SAFA House headquarters.

Match officials face the music after errors picked in Sundowns, Chiefs game  

SAFA has suspended match officials after errors were picked in the DStv Premiership clash between Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs earlier this…
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Magesi FC coach Clinton Larsen.

‘I’ll leave promotion talk to others’: Clinton Larsen

Magesi FC coach Clinton Larsen has explained why he's not getting carried away with the "promotion talk" ahead of the start of the Motsepe Foundation…
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Rulani Mokwena and winger Themba Zwane.

Themba Zwane and Sundowns fined by PSL 

Mamelodi Sundowns and winger Themba Zwane have been fined by the PSL Disciplinary Committee [DC].  Bafana Ba Style and Zwane were found guilty of…
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Kaizer Chiefs striker Ashley Du Preez.

The latest update on Ashley Du Preez’s condition 

Kaizer Chiefs have offered the latest update on Ashley Du Preez's condition ahead of their DStv Premiership encounter against AmaZulu at the weekend. …
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Luke Le Roux unveiled by FC Volendam

Why FC Volendam signed Bafana Bafana star Luke Le Roux

FC Volendam technical director Jasper van Leeuwen has revealed why they acquired the services of the Bafana Bafana star, Luke Le Roux.  The Dutch side…
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Veteran defender Janine van Wyk.

Banyana legend Janine van Wyk re-joins her club after spell abroad

Banyana Banyana veteran defender Janine van Wyk has returned home after a short stint with Greece women’s football club Ergotoris.  The 36-year-old…
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Victor Gomes at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar

Victor Gomes: ‘VAR won’t solve our problems’

The SAFA referees committee chairperson Victor Gomes has argued that the implementation of Video Assistant Referee [VAR] won't immediately solve SA's…
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Rulani Mokwena during the Mamelodi Sundowns' bus arrival to the stadium in the DStv Premiership

Rulani Mokwena: ‘We are being targeted’

Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Rulani Mokwena has admitted that his side is being targeted by all the 15 teams in the DStv Premiership. Masandawana defeated…
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Kaizer Chiefs during a training session

Kaizer Chiefs calls on supporters to ‘trust the process’

Kaizer Chiefs communications manager Vina Maphosa has called on the club's supporters to rally behind the team and 'trust the process' amid calls for head…
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