Top SA Football Stars And Their Agents

Agents are the ones taking care of the business on behalf of football players, we don’t get to know them and appreciate the work they do behind the scenes.

South African football has produced big names and superstars over the years with a huge contribution by the agents, finding teams for the players locally and abroad, giving financial advice, and most importantly preparing players for life after football.

In this article, we look at agents and the players they manage in the Dstv Premiership

Jazzman Mahlakgane

Jazzman was a left winger for Blackpool, before then he had played for Lenasia Dynamites. A broken knee injury sent him off the football field and he had to dig into his bag of talent and realised that before he was swept away by sportsmanship he was always praised for being a magnet for people.

Jazzman is known for his eye for identifying great talent and turning them into superstars, all that is evident by the big names in his book.

Here are the players Jazzman manages:

Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns)

Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates)

Siphosakhe Ntiya – Ntiya (Sekhukhune United)

Lucky Baloyi (Maritzburg United)

Victor Letsoalo (Sekhukhune united)

Mike Makaab

Mike Makaab has been in the business for over 20 years, he started back in 2001 when he was asked by Siyabong Nomvete’s parents to manage him. He went on to open one of the biggest Sports Management agencies with offices around the world, representing not only football players but also cricket, rugby, and more.

Here are the players Mike Makaab manages:

Andile Jali (Mamelodi Sundown)

Bandile Shandu (Orlando Pirates)

Fortune Makaringe (Orlando Pirates)

Gabadinho Mango (AmaZulu)

Rivaldo Coetzee (Mamelodi Sundowns)

Paul Mitchell

Paul Mitchell is Managing Director of Siyavuma Sports Group, one of Africa’s Leading Sports Management Companies, licensed by EFA and CSA and a joint venture partner of CAABase London.

He is coming with many years of experience within Sports and Logistics Management, and built the SSG Brand from the initial start-up, to become one of the leading Sports Management Companies on the African Continent.

Here are the players Paul Mitchell manages:

Keagan Dolly (Kaizer Chiefs)

Goodman Mosele (Orlando Pirates)

Rushine De Reuck (Mamelodi Sundowns)

Reeve Frosler (Kaizer Chiefs)

Tapelo Xoki (Orlando Pirates)

Siphamandla Lindwa

Siphamandla Lindwa is a sports writer and a publisher for Bet Central at Bet.co.za. He obtained a B-Tech in Sports Management from Tshwane University of Technology. When not writing sports content, Sipha scouts talent and networks for his future Sports Management agency.