Bottom-placed Black Leopards continued their battle to sustain their league status with a 1-1 draw at home to the title-chasing Richards Bay FC on Wednesday afternoon.
Sibonginhlanhla Mthethwa had the Natal Rich Boyz on the front foot after halftime, but Leopards found the leveller to leave the spoils shared and returned Richards to the top of the standings.
Jomo Cosmos' fight to beat relegation from the second tier were given a boost following a 3-1 victory over Polokwane City.
Rise and Shine were first to break the deadlock before Onke Moletshe, Cleopas Dube and Siya Nkosi came good for Ezenkosi to leave City's title hopes in tatters.
Cape Town Spurs staged an impressive comeback to get the better of promotion hopefuls JDR Stars 3-2 on Wednesday afternoon.
Stars raced into a two-goal lead in the first 20 minutes through Sipho Zwane and a penalty from Temptation Chiwunga, but Tyrique Bartlett led the comeback for the visitors following the break.
Chumani Butsaka and Gregory Damons ensured victory with efforts moments apart to hand Spurs victory and a 11th spot standing with Stars stuck in fourth position.
University of Pretoria moved into second spot on the GladAfrica Championship table after coming from behind to edge Free State Stars 3-1 on Tuesday.
Stars hit the front through a clever finish in the early exchanges from Moeketsi Sekola, but two fine strikes from Thabang Sibanyoni and Luvuyo Phewa had AmaTuks ahead at halftime.
Ea Lla Koto were put to bed in the final minute of regulation courtesy of another impressive execution this time from Wonderboy Makhubu.
Cape Town All Stars failed to boost their chances to attain a top-three finish this season following a 2-1 loss at home to Platinum City Rovers.
All Stars remain in the top-five bracket despite the loss, while Rovers fresh from their Nedbank Cup exit jumped one spot from ninth to eight position on the standings.
Hungry Lions romped to a 4-0 triumph over Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila FC in a bottom-half contest on Tuesday.
The opener came in the first half from Ricardo Aron and a double from Ashley Van Rooi stabilised their strong-hold before Anslin Williams completed the rout.
Pretoria Callies returned to winning ways with the help of a late 1-0 win over the struggling TS Sporting in Atteridgeville.
With a glut of chances in the first half particularly from Sporting going astray, Callies used that to good effect and bagged the winner through a sumptuous free-kick from Siyabonga Dubula.
Uthongathi FC stuttered to yet another goalless draw this time against the Venda Football Academy at the Princess Magogo Stadium.
This has seen the Cane Cutters drop one spot from eight to ninth spot on the standings, with Venda sitting tight in sixth position.