With the 2026/27 Betway Premiership campaign edging closer, clubs have stepped up their recruitment as they prepare for another demanding season. Several teams have already reshaped their squads by bringing in fresh faces while allowing others to move on.
Below is a club-by-club roundup of all the confirmed transfer activity to date. Unless stated otherwise, incoming players joined as free agents.
AmaZulu
New arrivals: Faveur Kouassi (Djoliba, Mali), Kgomotjo Lekoloane (Stellenbosch), Omega Mdaka (Stellenbosch), Gape Moralo (Siwelele), Keenan Phillips (Lamontville Golden Arrows), Moses Shumah (Power Dynamos, Zambia), Mcedi Vandala (Magesi).
Departures: Elmo Kambindu, Thabiso Kutumela, Sphephelo Majola, Mason Mushore, Richard Ofori, Bongani Zungu.
Chippa United
New arrivals: Brian Bwire (Polokwane City), Imraan Jones (Highbury), Ntuthuko Mlotshwa (Lerumo Lions), Stanley Nwabali, Obakhe Tshaya (Hope FC).
Departures: Bienvenu Eva Nga, Lukhanyo July, Ayabulela Konqobe, Sinoxolo Kwayiba (Stellenbosch), Malebogo Modise (Mamelodi Sundowns), Goodman Mosele (Orlando Pirates), Somila Ntsundwana, Bongani Sam, Xolani Sithole.
Durban City
New arrivals: Tashreeq Morris (Kaizer Chiefs), Gaston Sirino (Kaizer Chiefs), Seth Green (Orlando Pirates), Kyle Jurgens (Stellenbosch), Bandile Shandu (Orlando Pirates).
Departures: Lindokuhle Chonco, Taahir Goedeman (Cape Town City), Joslin Kamatuka, Ronaldo Maarman (Sekhukhune United), Siphiwe Mahlangu (Sekhukhune United), Terrence Mashego (Mamelodi Sundowns), Odwa Nyulu, Onele Rulwana, Falakhe Tshanini.
Kaizer Chiefs
New arrivals: Renaldo Leaner (Sekhukhune United), Happy Mashiane (Siwelele), Thabo Moloisane (Stellenbosch), Samkelo Zwane (Siwelele).
Departures: Siyabonga Gumede (Richards Bay), Happy Mashiane, George Matlou, Aden McCarthy (Sabah, Azerbaijan), Tashreeq Morris, Fiacre Ntwari (Kruger United).
Kruger United
New arrivals: Kwanda Mngonyama (Al Ettihad, Bahrain), Katlego Mohamme (Sekhukhune United), Fiacre Ntwari (Kaizer Chiefs), Mlungisi Zwane (Casric Stars).
Departures: Georges Lata, Kagiso Malinga, Philasande Manqele, Khethukuthula Ndlovu, Kabelo Seriba.
Lamontville Golden Arrows
New arrivals: Eroine Agnikoi (Marumo Gallants), Mnqobi Gumede (Ravens), Ronaldo van Neel (Hungry Lions).
Departures: Sazi Gumbi, Shadrack Khobedi, Thokozani Lukhele, Thabo Matlaba, Nduduzo Mhlongo, Siyanda Ndlovu (Mamelodi Sundowns), Keenan Phillips (AmaZulu), Sanele Shabalala, Gladwin Shitolo, Brandon Theron (Hope FC).
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New arrivals: Ricardo Goss (Siwelele), Kobamelo Kodisang (Stellenbosch), Cassius Mailula (Toronto FC, Canada), Terrence Mashego (Durban City), Malebogo Modise (Chippa United), Siyanda Ndlovu (Lamontville Golden Arrows), Asekho Tiwani (Stellenbosch), Antonio van Wyk (SV Ried, Austria).
Departures: Peter Shalulile.
Marumo Gallants
Departures: Eroine Agnikoi (Lamontville Golden Arrows), Washington Arubi (CAPS United, Zimbabwe), Jason Clifford (Siwelele).
Milford FC
Departures: Nqaba Xulu (Richards Bay).
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New arrivals: Aphiwe Baliti (Siwelele), Gamphani Lungu (Siwelele), Mthetheleli Mthiyane (Stellenbosch), Tshegofatso Mabasa (Stellenbosch), Matome Mmolai (Leicesterford City), Goodman Mosele (Chippa United), Bohlale Ngwato (Siwelele), Neo Rapoo (Siwelele), Sbangani Zulu (Richards Bay).
Departures: Melusi Buthelezi, Gilberto, Seth Green (Durban City), Gomolemo Khoto (Sekhukhune United), Karim Kimvuidi, Sonwabo Khumalo (Midlands), Thabiso Lebitso (Stellenbosch), Tshegofatso Mabasa, Sipho Mbule (Zakho, Iraq), Relebohile Mofokeng (Union Saint-Gilloise, Belgium), Siyabonga Ndlozi (Sekhukhune United), Blessing Ngiba (Midlands), Selaelo Rasebotja (Siwelele), Thabiso Sesane (Siwelele), Bandile Shandu (Durban City).
Polokwane City
Departures: Brian Bwire (Chippa United).
Richards Bay
New arrivals: Siyabonga Gumede (Kaizer Chiefs), Siphamandla Gwele (Ravens), Thamsanqa Ndelu (Mkhambathi), Nhlakanipho Ngcobo (Ravens), Nqaba Xulu (Milford FC), Philani Sithebe (AmaZulu), Khayelihle Mncube (TS Galaxy).
Departures: Salim Magoola, Tlakusani Mthethwa (Stellenbosch), Lindokuhle Mtshali (Kruger United), Sbangani Zulu (Orlando Pirates).
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Sekhukhune United
New arrivals: Ndongani Samba Gilbani (Asante Kotoko, Ghana), Givemore Khupe (Upington City), Gomolemo Khoto (Orlando Pirates), Ronaldo Maarman (Durban City), Siphiwe Mahlangu (Durban City), Athenkosi Mcaba (Stellenbosch), Nyiko Mobbie (Siwelele), Siyabonga Ndlozi (Orlando Pirates).
Departures: Andy Boyeli, Bradley Grobler, Renaldo Leaner (Kaizer Chiefs), Linda Mntambo, Shaun Mogaila, Katlego Mohamme (Kruger United), Thabang Monare (Cape Town City), Lesiba Nku, Lebogang Phiri, Trèsor Tshibwabwa.
New arrivals: Jason Clifford (Marumo Gallants), Selaelo Rasebotja (Orlando Pirates), Thabiso Sesane (Orlando Pirates).
Departures: Keanin Ayer, Aphiwe Baliti (Orlando Pirates), Ricardo Goss (Mamelodi Sundowns), Lyle Lakay, Gamphani Lungu (Orlando Pirates), Thabang Mahlangu, Mahlatse Makudubela, Lazola Maku, Happy Mashiane (Kaizer Chiefs), Buhle Mkhwanazi, Nyiko Mobbie (Sekhukhune United), Maloisane Mokhele, Thabo Mokhele, Gape Moralo (AmaZulu), Bohlale Ngwato (Orlando Pirates), Mandlenkosi Nkosi, Samir Nurković, Chibuike Ohizu, Enoch Quaicoe, Neo Rapoo (Orlando Pirates), Pogiso Sanoka, Koketso Sekgodiso, Kgaogelo Sekgota, Samkelo Zwane (Kaizer Chiefs).
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Stellenbosch FC
New arrivals: Sinoxolo Kwayiba (Chippa United), Thabiso Lebitso (Orlando Pirates), Tlakusani Mthethwa (Richards Bay), Nathan Kyle Garrow (Auckland City FC), Terence Mashego (Mamelodi Sundowns) and George Matlou (Kaizer Chiefs).
Departures: Dejean Ah Shene, Ashley Cupido (Kiryat Yam, Israel), Kazie Enyinnaya, Wayde Jooste, Ibrahim Jabaar, Kyle Jurgens (Durban City), Lee Langeveldt, Kgomotjo Lekoloane (AmaZulu), Kobamelo Kodisang (Mamelodi Sundowns), Tshegofatso Mabasa (Orlando Pirates), Oscarine Masuluke, Athenkosi Mcaba (Sekhukhune United), Omega Mdaka (AmaZulu), Thabo Moloisane (Kaizer Chiefs), Mthetheleli Mthiyane (Orlando Pirates), Olisa Ndah, Asekho Tiwani (Mamelodi Sundowns).
