Court clears way for Eastern Cape regional league soccer playoffs

The Hollywoodbets men’sEastern Cape Regional League soccer playoffswill finally proceed at the Bunkers Hill grounds this weekend. This is after the Eastern Cape high court discharged an interim court interdict which caused a postponement of the playoffs three weeks ago. The issue started when Sarah Baartman regional league team Seven Stars approached the court to dispute Super Stars being the region’s representative.

But Seven Stars wanted the court to rule in its favour and deduct points from another team in their league, Real Crusaders, for fielding ineligible players. Had they been successful, Seven Stars would have moved to top of the league log and would have qualified for the Eastern Cape playoffs. Seven Stars alleged that during the 2025/2026 season, Real Crusaders fielded two players who were previously registered with Seven Stars.

On Tuesday, Judge Justin Laing delivered his determination, which allowed Safa-Eastern Cape to carry on with the playoffs. Laing said reasons may be requested in writing within 10 days of the date of the order by Seven Stars. Approached on Wednesday, Seven Stars said they would comment after speaking to their legal team.