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The Premier Soccer League Sentinel

1 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Kermit Tau is the division’s leading scorer

5 goals in 3 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Platinum Stars have the man every defence in the division is planning around.

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Thulani Khune is the division's player of the month — 8.23

A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Maritzburg United man on 8.23 with 5 goal contributions.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for Platinum Stars

Rivaldo Lorch was marked 7.04 and had a hand in 2 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Not going: Kermit Tau stays at Platinum Stars

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Plateau United had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

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Sinoxolo Kwayiba asks to leave Chippa United

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

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Terms done: Thulani Zungu is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Kwara United waiting with a shirt. Nobody at SuperSport United is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

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Mamelodi Sundowns turn down Viitorul for Brayan León

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

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Nobody made more than Ricardo Williams this month

4 assists, 7.47, and a Platinum Stars player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Best marks in the division for Kermit Tau — 8.50

8.50 on average across 3 matches for Platinum Stars. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.

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Still scoring: Kasper Høgh

4 in 4 for Bloemfontein Celtic. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Etiosa Ighodaro up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Kaizer Chiefs — 4 goals from 3 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Thulani Khune keeps the pressure on

5 goals in 4 appearances for Maritzburg United leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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The Premier Soccer League Sentinel

1 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Teboho Mokoena wants more than Mamelodi Sundowns are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

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Sifiso Nkosi is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Jomo Cosmos has been clear about where Sifiso Nkosi stands, which is more than many ever get.

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11 months and counting on Haissem Hassan

Still no offer on the table, and Haissem Hassan’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.