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1996 BP Top 8
The BP Top 8 1996 was the 25th edition of the competition, then known as the BP Top 8 for sponsorship reasons, featuring the top 8-placed teams at the conclusion of the National Soccer League season. It was won for the sixth time by Orlando Pirates, who defeated Qwa Qwa Stars in a replayed final, after the first game finished 1–1. The competition was not held again until 2000 after the newly-formed Premier Soccer League removed it from the calendar due to overcrowding. Teams The following 8 teams are listed according to their final position on the league table in the 1995 NSL. # Cape Town Spurs #Mamelodi Sundowns #Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates Football Club, referred to as simply Pirates, is a South African professional football club based in Orlando, Soweto that plays in the top-tier system of Football in South Africa known as Betway Premiership. The team plays i ... # Kaizer Chiefs # Hellenic # Bush Bucks # Vaal Professionals # Qwa Qwa Stars Final ...
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MTN 8
The MTN 8 is a South African soccer single-elimination tournament, cup competition launched in 1972 for teams who finished in the top 8 positions of the league table of the country's preceding season of the top-flight league (currently the South African Premiership, Premiership). The winners receive South African Rand, R10 million and the competition's trophy, which is one of the three domestic trophies attainable by its competitors each soccer season, with the other two being the top-flight league title and the country's premier knock-out competition, the Nedbank Cup. The competition bears the name of its sponsor (commercial), title sponsor; it was known as the BP Top 8 from its inception until 2002, then as the South African Airways, SAA Supa 8 until 2007. It has been known as the MTN Group, MTN 8 since 2008 Format Since the competition features 8 teams, the first round, also known as the quarter-finals, has the following format: The second round, or the semi-finals, ar ...
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Mamelodi Sundowns F
Mamelodi is a township (South Africa), township northeast of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. A part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, it was set up by the then apartheid government in 1953. Etymology"Mamelodi"
is the name derived from the Sepedi word with the prefix being "ma" meaning mother, and the suffix "melodi" meaning melodies. Its meaning can be translated to mean ''Mother of Melodies''.


History

The township was established when 16 houses were built on the farm Vlakfontein in June 1953 and later the name changed to Mamelodi. The Group Areas Act designated Mamelodi as a blacks-only area, though this became moot with the fall of Apartheid in 1994. In the 1960s black citizens were forcefully removed from the suburb of Lady Selbourne in Pretoria to Mamelodi, Ga-Rankuwa and Atteridgeville. Anti-apartheid activist Rever ...
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Helman Mkhalele
Helman Nkosiyethu Mkhalele (born 20 October 1969) is a South African former soccer player who played as a midfielder. Club career He was the part of the Orlando Pirates squad that won the 1994 National Soccer League and 1995 African Cup of Champions Clubs. He also scored to help Pirates to victory in the replayed final of the 1996 BP Top 8. International career Mkhalele played for South Africa national football team, earning 66 caps and scoring 8 goals in the process and was in part of the squad that travelled to France for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He was also part of the Bafana squad that lifted the 1996 African Cup of Nations. He made his debut on 26 November 1994 against Ghana when he was 25 years and 37 days old, he played his last international on 5 May 2001 against Zimbabwe when he was 31 years and 197 days. His international career lasted for 6 years and 160 days. Personal life His brothers Sydney Mkhalele and Lazarus Mkhalele played in the NPSL. As of 2013 he res ...
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Andries Sebola
Andries is a Dutch and Afrikaans masculine given name or surname equivalent to Andrew. Given name People with this name include * Andries van Artvelt (1590–1652), Flemish painter * Andries Beeckman (1628–1664), Dutch painter * Andries Bekker (born 1983), South African rugby player * Andries Benedetti (1615–1669), Flemish Baroque painter. * Andries Bicker (1586–1652), Dutch merchant, leader of the Arminians, and VOC administrator * Andries Boelens (1455–1519), Dutch mayor of Amsterdam * Andries Bonger (1861–1936), Dutch artist, brother-in-law of Vincent van Gogh * Andries Bosman (1621–1681), Flemish priest and painter, * Andries Both (1612–1642), Dutch genre painter * Andries Botha (c. 1800–c. 1870), South African leader of the Khoi people * Andries Botha (born 1952), South African artist and political activist * Andries Brink (1877–1947), South African military commander * Andries Brouwer (born 1951), Dutch mathematician and computer programmer * Andr ...
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Jerry Sikhosana
Jerry Sikhosana (born 8 June 1969) is a South African former soccer player. Club career Playing most of his career at Orlando Pirates, he was an assumed fan of Pirates' fierce rival Kaizer Chiefs, and also performed for his team at the Soweto derbies, including a hat-trick in the 1996 Bob Save Superbowl semifinal, a game known as the Jerry Sikhosana derby. He was nicknamed "Legs of Thunder" after a champion racehorse that was a character on a South African TV series, and has earned legendary status at Orlando Pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s. He also scored to help Pirates to victory in the replayed final of the 1996 BP Top 8. He was part of the 1995 African Champions League winning team. International career He played for South Africa national soccer team and was part of the squad that travelled to France for the 1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the Association football, football world championship for List ...
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Vaal Professionals F
The Vaal River ( ; Khoemana: ) is the largest tributary of the Orange River in South Africa. The river has its source near Breyten in Mpumalanga province, east of Johannesburg and about north of Ermelo and only about from the Indian Ocean. It then flows westwards to its confluence with the Orange River southwest of Kimberley in the Northern Cape. It is long, and forms the border between Mpumalanga, Gauteng and North West Province on its north bank, and the Free State on its south. It is the third largest river in South Africa after the Orange River (2200 km long) and the Limpopo River (1750 km long) and was established as the main source of water for the great Witswatersrand area after the 19th century gold rush. The Vaal Dam lies on the Vaal River in Deneysville just south of the border between Gauteng and the Free State. The Vaal River is the longest river wholly within the borders of South Africa. ''Vaal'' is a Dutch name (later Afrikaans), translated by th ...
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Bush Bucks F
A bush or shrub is a small or medium woody plant. Bush or Bushes may also refer to: People * Bush (surname), including any of several people with that name **Bush family, a prominent American family that includes: ***Prescott Bush (1895-1972), U.S. Senator from Connecticut ***George H. W. Bush (1924–2018), 41st president of the United States and son of Prescott Bush ***George W. Bush (born 1946), 43rd president of the United States and son of George H. W. Bush ***Jeb Bush (born 1953), 43rd governor of Florida and 2016 Republican presidential candidate **Kate Bush (born 1958), British singer, songwriter, pianist, dancer, and record producer ** Reggie Bush (born 1985), American football running back and Heisman Trophy winner Places United States * Bush, Illinois * Bush, Louisiana * Bush, Washington * Bush, former name of the Ralph Waldo Emerson House in Concord, Massachusetts * The Bush (Alaska) *"The Bush," a small neighborhood within Chicago's community area of South Chica ...
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Hellenic F
Hellenic is a synonym for Greek. It means either: *of or pertaining to the Hellenic Republic (modern Greece) or Greek people (Hellenes, ) and culture *of or pertaining to ancient Greece, ancient Greek people, culture and civilization. It may also refer to: * Hellenic Academy, an independent high school in Harare, Zimbabwe * Hellenic Airlines * Hellenic College, a liberal arts college in Brookline, Massachusetts * Hellenic College of London * Hellenic Conservatory * Hellenic FC, a football club in South Africa * Hellenic Football League, an association football league in England * Hellenic languages, a branch of the Indo-European languages * Hellenic Parliament * Hellenic Petroleum (company) * Hellenic Post * Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund * Hellenic studies * Tampa Bay Hellenic, a women's soccer team in the United States * Hellenic (horse) (1987–2011), a thoroughbred racehorse * ' See also * Greek (other) * Helladic period, the Bronze Age in mainland Greece * ...
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Kaizer Chiefs F
Kaiser ( ; ) is the title historically used by German and Austrian emperors. In German, the title in principle applies to rulers anywhere in the world above the rank of king (). In English, the word ''kaiser'' is mainly applied to the emperors of the unified German Empire (1871–1918) and the emperors of the Austrian Empire (1804–1918). During the First World War, anti-German sentiment was at its zenith; the term ''kaiser''—especially as applied to Wilhelm II, German Emperor—thus gained considerable negative connotations in English-speaking countries. Especially in Central Europe, between northern Italy and southern Poland, between western Austria and western Ukraine and in Bavaria, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, Franz Joseph I is still associated with (the emperor) today. As a result of his long reign from 1848 to 1916 and the associated Golden Age before the First World War, this title often has still a very high historical respect in this geographical area. Etym ...
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Cape Town Spurs F
A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment of any length that hangs loosely and connects either at the neck or shoulders. They usually cover the back, shoulders, and arms. They come in a variety of styles and have been used throughout history for many different reasons.   Semantic distinction In fashion, the word "cape" usually refers to a shorter garment and "cloak" to a full-length version of the different types of garment, though the two terms are sometimes used synonymously for full-length coverings. A shoulder cape is thus sometimes called a "capelet". The fashion cape does not cover the front to any appreciable degree. In raingear, a cape is usually a long and roomy protective garment worn to keep one dry in the rain. History The first known usage of capes is unknown, but some early references we know of are from Ancient Roman military uniforms. Later on, capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. They ...
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Bidvest Wits F
Bidvest Group is a South African services, trading, and distribution company that owns a diverse set of businesses. History Bidvest was founded in 1988 by Brian Joffe and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1990. The Bidvest Group Limited has a corporate office in Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ..., South Africa. , it employed approximately 132,870 people. The Bidvest Group Limited board comprises eleven members. In March 2019 Bidvest named Executive Director Mpumi Madisa as CEO-designate. After the retirement of Lindsay Ralphs on 30 September 2020, Mpumi Madisa assumed the role of Bidvest CEO. A plan first developed in 2012 and coming to fruition in 2016 saw the conglomerate unbundle its businesses. It split into a number of different b ...
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1995 NSL First Division
The 1995 NSL First Division was the 11th edition of the National Soccer League First Division. The competition was won by Cape Town Spurs, coached by Mich d'Avray, who won the double by also winning the 1995 Bob Save Superbowl. References {{South African soccer seasons 1994–95 in South African soccer 1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
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