| Final Ranking | pts | win | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. | Highlands Park | 49 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 46: | 17 | +29 | | 2. | Kaizer Chiefs | 49 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 52: | 30 | +22 | | 3. | Wits University | 48 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 67: | 31 | +36 | | 4. | Orlando Pirates | 46 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 56: | 33 | +23 | | 5. | Arcadia | 41 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 69: | 40 | +29 | | 6. | Dynamos | 38 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 57: | 44 | +13 | | 7. | Hellenic | 38 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 49: | 40 | +9 | | 8. | Moroka Swallows | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 48: | 50 | -2 | | 9. | Witbank Aces | 33 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 61: | 60 | +1 | | 10. | Durban City | 32 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 52: | 48 | +4 | | 11. | Lusitano | 31 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 42: | 53 | -11 | | 12. | Amazulu | 30 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 29: | 43 | -14 | | 13. | Benoni United | 28 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 37: | 46 | -9 | | 14. | Leicester City | 27 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 40: | 44 | -4 | | 15. | Pilkington United Bros. | 25 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 41: | 63 | -22 | | 16. | Pretoria Callies | 24 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 23: | 44 | -21 | | 17. | Welkom Real Harts | 20 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 24: | 54 | -30 | | 18. | Bloemfontein Celtic | 14 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 33: | 91 | -58 |
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| Pretoria Callies, Welkom Real Harts and Bloemfontein Celtic were relegated. | | Promoted: Mamelodi United, African Wanderers and Stilfontein Big XI. | | _ 1979 Mainstay Cup: Orlando Pirates 3–2 Moroka Swallows |
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT | | R1 | Hellenic | 3-1 | Kaizer Chiefs | | | --- --.04.80 | Orlando Pirates | 1-1 | Wits University | | 0-1 John Else 1-1 Henri Khumalo Orlando Stadium. | | Sat 26.04.80 | Arcadia | 8-1 | Bloemfontein Celtic | | Brian Stoddart 4, Peter Frielick 2, Lawrence Chelin, Robbie de Graf --- Artur Solomon.  RC: Mark Seligman (Arcadia) 80' |
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| Ranking Mon 28.04.80 | pts | win | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. | Dion FC | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23: | 4 | +19 | | 2. | Hellenic | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19: | 14 | +5 | | 3. | Wits University | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13: | 4 | +9 | | 4. | Dynamos | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14: | 11 | +3 | | 5. | Arcadia | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22: | 10 | +12 | | 6. | Durban City | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13: | 8 | +5 | | 7. | Moroka Swallows | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13: | 13 | 0 | | 8. | Lusitano | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8: | 9 | -1 | | 9. | Orlando Pirates | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7: | 5 | +2 | | 10. | Amazulu | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7: | 9 | -2 | | 11. | Kaizer Chiefs | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9: | 13 | -4 | | 12. | Benoni United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12: | 17 | -5 | | 13. | Witbank Aces | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11: | 11 | 0 | | 14. | Leicester City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8: | 9 | -1 | | 15. | Pretoria Callies | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3: | 12 | -9 | | 16. | Welkom Real Harts | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3: | 13 | -10 | | 17. | Bloemfontein Celtic | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6: | 24 | -18 | | 18. | Pilkington United Bros. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 40: | 17 | -7 |
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT | | Thu 15.05.80 | Kaizer Chiefs | 1-1 | Dynamos | | | Bull Lehoko --- Tony Cass | | Sun 18.05.80 | Kaizer Chiefs | 2-0 | Lusitano | | | 1-0 Jingles Pereira 2-0 Teenage Dadla | | Sun 01.06.85 | Kaizer Chiefs | 1-1 | Benoni Unitrd | | | Fri 13.06.80 | Lusitano | 2-5 | Arcadia | | | Drihoek | | --- --.--.80 | Benoni United | 5-1 | Witbank Aces | |
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT | | --- --.--.81 | Kaizer Chiefs | 1-0 | Highlands Park | | | --- --.--.81 | Wits University | 2-0 | Orlando Pirates | | | --- --.--.81 | Pretoria Callies | 0-0 | Durban City | | | --- --.--.81 | Moroka Swallows | 0-0 | Bloemfontein Celtic | | | --- --.--.81 | Arcadia Shepherds | 7-1 | AmaZulu | | | --- --.--.81 | Moroka Swallows | 1-0 | Hellenic | | | --- --.--.81 | Dynamos | 2-1 | Welkom Real Hearts | | | --- --.--.81 | Benoni United | 2-1 | Leicester City | | | --- --.--.81 | AmaZulu | 1-0 | Witbank Aces | | | --- --.--.81 | Leicester City | 4-1 | Orlando Pirates | |
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