The Buccaneers were knocked out by Galaxy at the same stage of this competition last season and they will be looking to make up for that embarrassment.
It was the second time that Pirates had been eliminated by a club from Botswana after they were dumped out of the CAF Champions League by Gaborone United in 2010.
Pirates striker Tshegofatso Mabasa is confident that the Sea Robbers will not suffer the same fate against the Botswana opposition this time, saying Pirates are in better shape than last year.
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A rising star in clean living
Soweto-based entrepreneur and author of the book #I am a housekeeper, Mbali Nhlapo, widely known as the founder of Sisters @ Work and a viral TikTok sensation, has become a household name in South African homes.
Notre Dame gets love
Americans open their hearts and wallets
Heart-stopping vistas of Cape Town
Table Mountain is the lodestar
K-culture doing OK in Sunshine Land
Fans flock to sites associated with boy band
Hello? Calling my owner?
Lost, but nearly always found-even your pet
Proteas tighten grip
DOMINANT: STUBBS, BAVUMA TONS BAT SRI LANKA RIGHT OUT OF THE GAME
Sirino looks ready to go
Gaston Sirino (above) could return for Kaizer Chiefs in their Betway Premiership clash with Royal AM today at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.
Inexperience becoming a tired excuse
There will always be reasons that teams are defeated, but there is one particular excuse that has become too easy for our national cricket teams to lean on when they lose.
Cricket-mad Vaibhav's dream becomes reality
Dreams have come early for cricket-mad Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the shy schoolboy aged 13 who is the youngest player in Indian Premier League history.
Proteas women playing for pride
DERCKSEN: EXCITED TO APPEAR AT AN ICONIC STADIUM
