{"id":22847,"date":"2026-01-24T11:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T09:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-domestic-football-returns-after-afcon-break\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:33:44","slug":"sas-domestic-football-returns-after-afcon-break","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-domestic-football-returns-after-afcon-break\/","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s domestic football returns after AFCON break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s (SA) Domestic football is back in full force following a lengthy break due to the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament. Sekhukhune United will be hosting Orlando Pirates at the new Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane this Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pirates, who are second on the log, will be eager to return to the summit of the Betway Premiership table, a position currently held by Mamelodi Sundowns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pirates trail the defending champions by just one point, but have two matches in hand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sekhukhune are fourth on the log and have Kaizer Chiefs in their sights.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The other afternoon match will be that of Orbit College at home against Chippa United.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chippa are at the bottom of the standings with nine points, while Orbit are 13th with 13 points.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kick-off for both encounters is 15:00 CAT.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22848,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-22847","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA Domestic football is back in full force","published_date":"2026-01-24 13:41:05","news_description":"SA Domestic football is back in full force","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26008,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22847\/revisions\/26008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=22847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}