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RELATED LINKS: Telkom Charity Cup kicks off AFTER five weeks of voting, soccer fans finally get to watch their favourite teams in action at Soccer City in the Telkom Charity Cup. Read more Soweto teams vie for elite Telkom cup SOCCER CITY, near Nasrec, will be ablaze with colour and sound this Saturday when four of South Africa's top soccer clubs battle it out for the Telkom Charity Cup. Read more Soccer fest kicks off PSL season JOHANNESBURG will wake up to a feast of football on Saturday as four of the country's top teams take to the pitch at the FNB Stadium, near Soweto, for the fourth Telkom Charity Cup. Read more

Top teams line up for Charity Cup Four teams from the Premier Soccer League will provide fans with all day drama and entertainment as they battle it out for the 2006/7 Telkom Charity Cup taking place at Soccer City on Saturday. August 4, 2006 By Lucky Sindane ALL roads lead to Soccer City on Saturday, 5 August where South Africa's Premier Soccer League giants lock horns in the 2006/07 Telkom Charity Cup. The teams that have earned themselves a place in this year's tournament are Free State-based outfit Bloemfontein Celtic which topped the chart with 303 757 votes, defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns with 300 168 votes, Soweto giants Orlando Pirates with 260 126 votes and Kaizer Chiefs with 239 071 votes. Soccer City will be packed to capacity as passionate soccer fans from as far afield as Cape Town, wearing their self-designed colourful outfits, blow their vuvuzelas and place bets on who will be the champs at the end of the day. Over the past few weeks, soccer fans phoned in or sent SMSes to vote for their favourite teams. Orlando Pirates will play Bloemfontein Celtic in the first semi-final match at 9.30am, and Kaizer Chiefs will face Mamelodi Sundowns in the second semi-final clash at 11.30am. The winners of the two semi-finals will meet in the final at 4.30pm. The aim of the tournament is to raise money for charity through votes and gate fees, and organisers of the tournament are hoping to raise a total of R3,5 million this season. "It is heartening to know that the aims and the objectives of the Telkom Charity Cup are being communicated to South Africans," said NSL-Telkom Charity Trust chairman, Leepile Taunyane. Tickets are on sale at Computicket and cost R35 for adults and R15 for children. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za