{"id":96389,"date":"2026-05-26T07:31:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T05:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=96389"},"modified":"2026-05-26T07:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T05:31:36","slug":"gdl-weekend-recap-victories-for-rockefvs-siwelele-and-sundowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=96389","title":{"rendered":"GDL Weekend Recap: Victories for Rockefvs, Siwelele and Sundowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GautengA highly competitive race is unfolding at the top of the Gauteng Development League (GDL),<\/strong> with Rockefvs<\/strong> leading the way. They’re on 26 points, two ahead of second-placed Siwelele<\/strong>, but the Pretoria club has a game in hand.<\/p>\n

Rockefvs has been the season’s surprise package, thus far. As the pressure has amped up, they’ve stood strong. However, it’s only going to get more intense as the fixtures pile up.<\/p>\n

Another team from Pretoria, the defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns<\/strong><\/a>, who have two games in hand, secured a narrow 2-1 victory over Jomo Cosmos<\/strong> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

It was the second game of the weekend for Cosmos, who recorded a 1-0 victory over Panorama<\/strong> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, in the Bafana Ba Style<\/strong><\/em> against EzeNkosi<\/strong><\/em> clash, Antoine Bumba<\/strong>, assisted by Daylin Tiemie<\/strong>, scored the first goal for Sundowns. Fusi Mokhampane <\/strong>then set up Thando Singo <\/strong>for the winning goal.<\/p>\n

After 10 matches, the Brazilians<\/strong><\/em> have registered seven wins, one draw, and two losses. They’re in third place, four points behind Rockefvs, but with two games in hand. Wins those and they’ll vault into a familiar place at the top of the log. Slip up, and\u00a0Joburg City<\/strong> and Kaizer Chiefs <\/strong>are waiting to make their move.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Itebogeng Maak<\/strong>e, a key contributor to Rockefvs’ success this season, netted the game’s only goal in a tight 1-0 victory over Wits Juniors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Siwelele also won, defeating Seven’s Academy<\/strong> 3-0 on Saturday, which also helped to improve their goal difference.<\/p>\n

Joburg City, in fourth place, handed the Prestige Football Development Academy<\/strong> a 2-1 defeat, with Siyabonga Masango<\/strong> netting both goals for Joburg City.<\/p>\n

Highlands Park<\/strong>, last season’s runner-up, continues to improve its log standing after making a slow start to the season. They’re up to ninth after a narrow 2-1 victory against Randburg<\/strong>, who scored late in the game. That gave them hope of rescuing a draw, and the Lions of the North<\/strong><\/em> had to withstand heavy pressure in the closing minutes to hang onto the win.<\/p>\n

Remember Elite Sport Academy (RESA)<\/strong> registered a comfortable 3-0 victory over Pitso Mosimane Youth Football (PMYF).<\/strong> Bandile Sithole<\/strong> opened the scoring, with an assist from Nceba Jozela<\/strong>, who then turned goal scorer to make it 2-0. Enslee Oliphant<\/strong>, who set up Jozela for his goal, also assisted Thabang Masihla<\/strong> for RESA’s third.<\/p>\n

One match failed to deliver goals, with Future of Africa<\/strong> and Kathorus Hyper Academy<\/strong> settling for a goalless draw.<\/p>\n

RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, 23 May<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jomo Cosmos 1-0 Panorama
\nJoburg City 2-1 Prestige
\nRESA 3-0 PMYF
\nFuture of Africa 0-0 Kathorus
\nSiwelele 3-0 Seven’s Academy
\nRockefvs 1-0 Wits
\nHighlands Park 2-1 Randburg<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 Jomo Cosmos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A highly competitive race is unfolding at the top of the Gauteng Development League (GDL), with Rockefvs leading the way. They’re on 26 points, two ahead of second-placed Siwelele, but the Pretoria club has a game in hand. Rockefvs has been the season’s surprise package, thus far. As the pressure has amped up, they’ve stood […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":29547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}