There will be no Hollywoodbets Super League action until August after the curtain came down on a thrilling Matchweek 5 festival weekend at the Mpumalanga Stadium in Hammarsdale on Sunday, 12 July 2026.
The league’s new two-stream Amplified format has transformed the marathon season into a high-intensity sprint of 14 matches per team, and the mid-season pause arrives with the title and relegation races finely poised in both the Super Era and Super Rise streams.
The break makes way for the international women’s window as Banyana Banyana stars shift their focus to the expanded 16-team WAFCON 2026, which kicks off in Morocco on 26 July 2026. A 31-player camp assembled in Johannesburg on Sunday, 12 July 2026 as preparations for the continental showpiece begin in earnest.
In the Super Era stream, defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies head into the recess with a flawless record after Isabella Ludwig and Ronnel Donnelly, on her return from a long injury layoff, struck in a 2-0 win over TS Galaxy Queens in Sunday’s top-of-the-table finale, handing the Rockets their first defeat of the season.
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The result stretched the champions’ perfect run to five wins from five, with 21 goals scored and none conceded, leaving them firmly atop the standings on 15 points, while Noxolo Cesane leads the league’s Golden Boot race with five goals.
TS Galaxy Queens remain second on 10 points and firmly in title contention despite the setback. University of Pretoria bounced back emphatically as S’bahle Ndlovu struck twice in a 2-1 victory over Diepkloof Ladies, for whom Emily Moholoholo scored a consolation, a result that drew the Tshwane students level on nine points with Copperbelt FC.
Sibulele Holweni’s late winner earned University of the Western Cape a 1-0 victory over Copperbelt FC, a first win in three outings that lifted them to fifth, while Richmond United ran in four goals in a 4-2 defeat of Stellenbosch FC. The newcomers sit at the bottom of the log without a point from their five matches, making the resumption a must-win assignment if they are to avoid being cast adrift in the relegation fight.
The Super Rise stream has delivered the volatile, high-scoring energy it promised. JVW FC, runners-up in 2025, were held to a 2-2 draw by University of Fort Hare, with Cimone Sauls and Bonolo Mokoma finding the net for the leaders and Michelle Sampson and Kesha Hendricks replying for the Eastern Cape students, but the point kept the Bedfordview side at the summit on 13 points with a league-leading 18 goals scored.
University of Johannesburg were held to a goalless draw by First Touch FC Ladies yet remain second on 10 points, level with Tshwane University of Technology, who swept aside Ezemvelo Women’s FC 3-0. Ramatlaohle Ladies FC were awarded a 2-0 win and three points after City Lads were unable to field their playing kit and forfeited the fixture, leaving the Gqeberha side pointless at the foot of the stream and facing a tight survival battle when the action returns.
The centralised festival format introduced by the South African Football Association has proved a strategic success. With all eight teams in a stream playing at a single venue over one weekend, travel costs are reduced, the fan experience is concentrated into a single festival occasion and coaches are able to watch their direct rivals live before or after their own matches, adding a weekly layer of technical analysis to the competition.
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The league resumes with Matchweek 6 from 22 to 23 August 2026 at the University of Fort Hare in Alice, Eastern Cape, where teams will gear up for an even more intense finish to the season.
Results at the Hollywoodbets Super League Week 5 Festival at the Mpumalanga Stadium in Hammarsdale, KwaZulu-Natal
Friday, 10 July 2026
University of Pretoria 2-1 Diepkloof Ladies (Era)
City Lads 0-2 Ramatlaohle Ladies FC (Rise)
Saturday, 11 July 2026
Ezemvelo Women’s FC 0-3 TUT FC (Rise)
First Touch FC Ladies 0-0 University of JHB FC (Rise)
JVW FC 2-2 University of Fort Hare (Rise)
Sunday, 12 July 2026
Richmond United 4-2 Stellenbosch FC (Era)
UWC 1-0 Copperbelt Ladies FC (Era)
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies FC 2-0 TS Galaxy Queens (Era)
Main Photo Caption: Isabella Ludwig opened the scoring inside the first minute as Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies beat TS Galaxy Queens 2-0 in their Hollywoodbets Super League Matchweek 5 finale at the Mpumalanga Stadium in Hammarsdale on Sunday, 12 July 2026. Photo: Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Photo 2 Caption: Richmond United’s Anna Mphuti was named Player of the Match in the 4-2 Hollywoodbets Super League win over Stellenbosch FC.
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