The transfer bans imposed on local clubs have remained in place just under a week before the next transfer window opens.
Preparations for the return of domestic football is already underway with the transfer window officially opening on July 1.
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This means with effect from Monday, clubs will then be able to start the registration of players that they will use for the 2024/25 season with the window remaining through to when the season starts.
As it stands and based on the latest FIFA transfer bans updated every week, three DStv Premiership clubs and one in the Motsepe Foundation Championship are still locked out.
Chief culprits Royal AM will get into yet another window without being able to sign new players due to matters relating to Ricardo Nascimento and Samir Nurkovic.
They are seeking to settle Nascimento's case by paying him his dues, while Nurkovic's matter has dragged to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
With regards to Nascimento, Royal AM are serving a three-window ban which came into effect on January 15, 2024, while with Nurkovic it is another three-window ban that was effected on July 3, 2023.
TS Galaxy have their own three-window ban (since June 12) and will have to pay Ivorian striker Bernard Yao Kouassi in the region of USD98 000 (approx. R1,78 million) to have the ban lifted.
With the case having reached CAS, Tim Sukazi, the TS Galaxy chairman, has indicated that they will settle the debt to be able to make signings.
Richards Bay FC's case relates to Kenyan winger Ovella Ochieng, who spent six months at the club at the beginning of last year.
Jomo Biyela, the KwaZulu-Natal outfit's boss, has confirmed that they owe R230 000.
Also in trouble is JDR Stars from the Motsepe Foundation Championship.
Their three-window ban came into effect on April 17 and relates to Cameroonian striker Auguste Junior Boum Somlaga, who lasted six months before moving to Indian club Kenkre FC.
Boum Somlaga's case was taken with to FIFA after money related issues at JDR Stars who signed him from Cameroonian club Panthere Sportive du Nde three years ago.
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FIFA ordered Stars to pay USD35 000 (approx. R642 000).
BTM Sports FC, Free State Stars, Royal Eagles and Witbank Spurs are the other clubs with bans, though they are now either defunct or playing in the amateur ranks.