| Final Ranking | pts | win | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | g | | | 1. | Durban City | 50 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 70: | 35 | +35 | 34 | Ch | | 2. | Arcadia | 45 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 68: | 43 | +25 | 35 | | | 3. | Kaizer Chiefs | 43 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 43: | 25 | +18 | 33 | | | 4. | Wits University | 42 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 46: | 38 | +8 | 36 | | | 5. | Moroka Swallows | 40 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 44: | 32 | +12 | 34 | | | 6. | Hellenic Cape Town | 39 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 40: | 27 | +13 | 33 | | | 7. | Cape Town Spurs | 38 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 48: | 38 | +10 | 34 | Pr | | 8. | Dion Cosmos | 37 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 54: | 46 | +8 | 35 | | | 9. | Orlando Pirates | 37 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 47: | 39 | +8 | 33 | | | 10. | Rangers | 33 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 41: | 40 | +1 | 35 | | | 11. | Bush Bucks Durban | 33 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 48: | 53 | -5 | 34 | | | 12. | Benoni United | 31 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 34: | 43 | -9 | 35 | | | 13. | Dynamos | 30 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 40: | 49 | -9 | 35 | | | 14. | Mamelodi Sundowns | 28 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 35: | 47 | -12 | 35 | Pr | | 15. | Witbank Aces | 26 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 43: | 43 | 0 | 35 | | | 16. | African Wanderers | 26 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42: | 61 | -19 | 34 | | | 17. | Mamelodi United | 25 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 27: | 52 | -25 | 36 | | | 18. | Welkom Real Harts | 24 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 38: | 56 | -18 | 35 | Pr | | 19. | Ireland United | 19 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 22: | 63 | -41 | 35 | Pr |
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| African Wanderers, Mamelodi United, Welkom Real Hearts and Ireland United. | | Promoted: Fraser Celtic, AmaZulu and Western Tigers. | | Highlands Park were bought by Jomo Sono and renamed Dion Cosmos, later becoming inn 1984 Jomo Cosmos! | | _ 1983 Mainstay Cup: Moroka Swallows 1–0 Witbank Black Aces | | 232 Matches? |
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Durban City: Paddy Leering, Steve van Eck, Jackie Potgieter, Terry Watson, Mervyn Hauptfleisch, Mark Tovey, Dave Kershaw, Dennis Wicks, Lawrence Rasmussen, Rodney Charles, Andy Stanton, Kevin Mudie, Neil Tovey.
| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT | | Sun 27.03.83 | Orlando Pirates | 2-1 | Dion Cosmos | | 0-1 Larry de Freitas 35'pen. 1-1 Jeffrey "Tornado" Ntsibande --' 2-1 Jeffrey "Tornado" Ntsibande 79' Orlando Stadium 25,000. Referee: Caleb Mgzabane. | | Sun 27.03.83 | Witbank Aces | 0-0 | Benoni United | 0-0 | | Lynville | | Sun 27.03.83 | Welkom Real Harts | 1-2 | Durban City | | | Glebelands | | Sun 27.03.83 | Ireland United | 1-1 | Cape Town Spurs | | | Kwa Mashu |
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| Ranking Mon 28.03.1983 | pts | win | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. | Wits University | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10: | 3 | +7 | | 2. | Durban City | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10: | 5 | +5 | | 3. | Dynamos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11: | 8 | +3 | | 4. | Benoni United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9: | 8 | +1 | | 5. | Orlando Pirates | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5: | 1 | +4 | | 6. | Ireland United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5: | 4 | +1 | | 7. | Moroka Swallows | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5: | 5 | 0 | | 8. | Arcadia Shepherds | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8: | 9 | -1 | | 9. | Rangers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4: | 5 | -1 | | 10. | Cape Town Spurs | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6: | 9 | -3 | | 11. | Dion Cosmos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6: | 3 | +3 | | 12. | Bush Bucks Durban | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5: | 4 | +1 | | 13. | Welkom Real Harts | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4: | 5 | -1 | | 14. | African Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4: | 6 | -2 | | 15. | Witbank Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4: | 8 | -4 | | 16. | Kaizer Chiefs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2: | 1 | +1 | | 17. | Mamelodi United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4: | 5 | -1 | | 18. | Hellenic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2: | 5 | -3 | | 19. | Mamelodi Sundowns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4: | 14 | -10 |
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT | | Fri 18.11.83 | Arcadia Shepherds | --- | Dynamos | | | Last match played at Belfour Park. |
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