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Andile Hlophe
April 4, 2023 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Corporate jobs set Hlophe for basketball business

Hlophe hopes to grow the Bethusile brand on the continent ANDILE Hlophe is a well-known figure in South African basketball and one of the few...

Abdoulaye Harouna
March 24, 2023 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Harouna and ABC ready to fight for BAL title

Harouna happy to be reunited with Mills ABDOULAYE Harouna’s family ties to basketball were the catalyst that led to him picking up the game and...

Ibrahima Thomas
March 19, 2023 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Dakar stepping stone to great things for Thomas and Monastir

Monastir have a target on their back LISTENING to Senegalese big man Ibrahima Thomas speak, you get a sense of a man oozing confidence and...

Will Perry
March 16, 2023 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Perry hungry for redemption in BAL Season 3

Beira will lean on past experience AFTER a disappointing first appearance at the Basketball Africa League (BAL) last year, Ferroviario da Beira’s Will Perry feels he and...

Liz Mills
March 10, 2023 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Mills spells out ABC’s BAL aspirations

WHEN season three of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) tips off in Dakar, Senegal, on Saturday, ABC Fighters coach Liz Mills will have a singular...

Jose Neto
February 17, 2023 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Neto and Petro have a thirst for continental success

Angolan giants ready to start from scratch PETRO de Luanda have a burgeoning thirst brewing inside of them. It’s a thirst that can be quenched...

Emma Makoni
February 9, 2023 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Makoni finds solace on the basketball court

VUT’s success has come at a price AT 24 years old, Emma Makoni is one of the most decorated players in South African basketball, a...

Pieter Prinsloo
February 2, 2023 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Prinsloo talks fatherhood and BAL desire

Tigers are locked in defensively TURNING 31-years-old has given second year Cape Town Tigers captain Pieter Prinsloo a mature outlook on life. Prinsloo, who celebrated...

Mandy Juruni
January 26, 2023 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Juruni to add firepower to the Oilers ahead of BAL

Continuity is key for the Oilers FOR Ugandan club, City Oilers, qualifying for the Basketball Africa League (BAL) seemed like a feat they could only...

Masibulele Ntlali
January 19, 2023 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Ntlali shaping the basketball culture at Maties

Maties ended 2022 on a high note WHEN one thinks of the small but vibrant town of Stellenbosch, good wine, fine dining and beautiful landscapes...

Tshepo Matsie
November 22, 2022 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Matsie revels in the TUT challenge

TUT are the new sherrifs in town THE change from being a player to a coach was not easy to accept for Tshwane University of...

November 10, 2022 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Selepe is living out his basketball dreams

Tigers eyeing a return to the BAL THE latter part of 2021 saw combo guard Lebesa Selepe face a crossroads as a man and basketball...

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