The Tusker Post
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Door shut on Siyanda Ndlovu
Tusker asked and Mamelodi Sundowns said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market3 Aug 2026
Bidco United join the queue for Eugene Ikutwa
Add another name to the list: Bidco United have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Eugene Ikutwa. The answer from Tusker has not changed — yet.
Match1 Aug 2026
Victor Mbaoma the difference as Tusker beat Mara Sugar
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Victor Mbaoma. 1‑0 against Mara Sugar, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Abud Omar stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Abud Omar and Tusker agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market3 Aug 2026
Tusker and Victor Mbaoma are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Abud Omar in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Tusker this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Tusker try to borrow Kutlwano Letlhaku
Mamelodi Sundowns have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Hlompho Mabunda is in the works
Tusker have made the call to Free State Stars. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
The afternoon belonged to Abud Omar
A mark of 7.47, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
In brief
- The dugout A satisfied Joseph Kagere
- The dugout Victor Mbaoma knocks on the manager's door
- Squad John Otieno falls out with a teammate over standards