{"id":54087,"date":"2026-03-27T13:07:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=54087"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:07:05","slug":"soweto-derby-cancelled-chiefs-legends-vs-pirates-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/27\/soweto-derby-cancelled-chiefs-legends-vs-pirates-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"Soweto Derby cancelled: Chiefs Legends vs Pirates Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Soweto Derby match between Kaizer Chiefs Legends and Orlando Pirates Legends has <strong>AGAIN<\/strong> been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>The match, organised by Puzzle Pictures, was scheduled for Sunday, 29 March at Moses Mabhida Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>However, it has been called off with organisers citing circumstances beyond their control to be unable to proceed with this one-day event.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time that this Soweto Derby for Legends is cancelled. The same thing happened in early February this year.<\/p>\n<p>Players from both Chiefs and Pirates had already started preparing for this encounter in Durban.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs Legends team consists of Itumeleng Khune, Daniel Akpeyi, Thuso Phala and Siphiwe Tshabalala among many others.<\/p>\n<p>Pirates Masters have the likes of Lucky Lekgwathi, Oupa Manyisa, Katlego Mashego and Happy Jele among the others. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-about-those-who-had-already-bought-tickets\">WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO HAD ALREADY BOUGHT TICKETS?<\/h3>\n<p>In a statement released, Puzzle Pictures said those who had already bought tickets for this encounter will get their refunds.<\/p>\n<p>Puzzle Pictures said while they have been unable to get this Soweto Derby over the line, the vision to make it happen remains alive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Soweto #Derby #cancelled #Chiefs #Legends #Pirates #Masters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Soweto Derby match between Kaizer Chiefs Legends and Orlando Pirates Legends has AGAIN been cancelled. The match, organised by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54089,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54087\/revisions\/54089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}