{"id":73990,"date":"2025-07-23T20:25:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mbabane-highlanders-am-kick-off-preseason-in-south-africa"},"modified":"2025-07-23T20:46:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:46:20","slug":"mbabane-highlanders-am-kick-off-preseason-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mbabane-highlanders-am-kick-off-preseason-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"MBABANE HIGHLANDERS AM KICK OFF PRESEASON IN SOUTH AFRICA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Mbabane Highlanders AM have officially departed for Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, to begin a month-long preseason camp as preparations ramp up for the 2025\/26 football season.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The trip marks the start of a new era under club president Shauwn \u201cMaMkhize\u201d Mkhize, whose arrival promises to bring structure, professionalism, and renewed ambition to the historic Eswatini club.<\/p>\n<p>Traveling with the squad are key players from last season along with new trialists aiming to earn contracts. The camp will focus on fitness, tactical drills, and building team cohesion under a newly formed technical bench.<\/p>\n<p>Excitement is growing among the fans, with the club set to unveil its full squad, technical staff, and a new black-and-gold kit on August 23, capping off the camp in style. The choice of Pietermaritzburg known for its excellent facilities and training environment reflects Highlanders\u2019 serious intent to compete at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>With expectations rising, the challenge now is for the team to transform off-field progress into winning performances on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Eswatini<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Mbabane Highlanders AM have officially departed for Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, to begin a month-long preseason camp as preparations ramp up for the 2025\/26 football season. The trip marks the start of a new era under club president Shauwn \u201cMaMkhize\u201d Mkhize, whose arrival promises to bring structure, professionalism, and renewed ambition to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":73989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-73990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MBABANE HIGHLANDERS AM KICK OFF PRESEASON IN SOUTH AFRICA - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mbabane Highlanders AM have officially departed for Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, to begin a month-long preseason c ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mbabane-highlanders-am-kick-off-preseason-in-south-africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MBABANE HIGHLANDERS AM KICK OFF PRESEASON IN SOUTH AFRICA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mbabane Highlanders AM have officially departed for Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, to begin a month-long preseason c ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mbabane-highlanders-am-kick-off-preseason-in-south-africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-23T20:25:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-23T20:46:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2025\/07\/sm_1753290742.237769.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mbabane-highlanders-am-kick-off-preseason-in-south-africa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mbabane-highlanders-am-kick-off-preseason-in-south-africa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"MBABANE HIGHLANDERS AM KICK OFF PRESEASON IN SOUTH AFRICA\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-23T20:25:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-23T20:46:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mbabane-highlanders-am-kick-off-preseason-in-south-africa\"},\"wordCount\":183,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mbabane-highlanders-am-kick-off-preseason-in-south-africa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2025\/07\/sm_1753290742.237769.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mbabane-highlanders-am-kick-off-preseason-in-south-africa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mbabane-highlanders-am-kick-off-preseason-in-south-africa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mbabane-highlanders-am-kick-off-preseason-in-south-africa\",\"name\":\"MBABANE HIGHLANDERS AM KICK OFF PRESEASON IN SOUTH AFRICA - 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