Motsepe Foundation Championship | 10 May 2026
The Bees FC produced one of their most important results of the season with a 2-1 home win over Leicesterford City FC, with Mabuza claiming a brace to give Nyoshi a victory that lifts the second-tier debutants up the Motsepe Foundation Championship table and answers a difficult previous weekend in the best possible way.
Mabuza opens his account
Mabuza wasted little time getting his name on the score sheet. The striker, wearing the number 28 shirt, opened the scoring with the first of his two goals to give The Bees the platform the home support had been hoping for. The early breakthrough settled the contest in the right direction for the Mpumalanga side and quietened the visitors before they could find their rhythm.
A second from the same source
Mabuza returned to double the lead and put The Bees in firm control. Two goals from one player on a single afternoon is the kind of striker’s outing that wins matches and reshapes individual seasons — and Mabuza delivered exactly that at the moment Nyoshi needed it most.
Leicesterford City did pull one back to set the final at 2-1 and force a nervy closing spell, but The Bees held firm to take the three points. After the cruel late defeat to Milford in their previous outing, the supporters could be forgiven for holding their breath in the closing minutes — but the result this time stayed in the home column.
Where this leaves The Bees
The win lifts The Bees in the Motsepe Foundation Championship table and is the kind of result the squad has been working toward across the spring. After the difficult Milford defeat the previous weekend — the cruel one-goal swing that ended with Masilela going from hero to heartbreak — the response from a debut second-tier season group was exactly what the moment demanded.
The 2025/26 campaign has been a learning year for Nyoshi — financial pressures, on-pitch growing pains and the realities of life among more established second-tier sides — but performances like the one against Leicesterford show the squad has the depth and the application to compete. Mabuza’s brace continues a personal trajectory that has been worth tracking across the campaign.
Final word
A brace from Mabuza, three points in the bag, and a Bees side that did not let a difficult previous weekend define what came next. Nyoshi keep buzzing through the closing rounds of the Motsepe Foundation Championship, and The Bees go into the final fixtures with a victory worth carrying. Mabuza took his moment. Nkomati responded.
