As it stands, Benni McCarthy’s AmaZulu are dwindling down in ninth place in the DStv Premiership, having managed just five wins from 23 games. Although the team has impressed at times in the Caf Champions League, the performances in the PSL have been poles apart from the 2020-21 season when AmaZulu finished in a remarkable second place. The season prior to that, Usuthu had been been perched precariously in the relegation zone, but Zungu and McCarthy combined to reverse the team’s fortunes.

It hasn’t all gone according to plan this season, though, with AmaZulu in fact without a win in 2022, and president Sandile Zungu recently said he is ‘not happy’ over how the team has underperformed in the DSTV Premiership. Now, according to iDiski Times, a source has confirmed that the “club decided to part ways with McCarthy”. When contacted by iDiski Times, McCarthy stated that he was called into a meeting with the club’s leadership.