The Maritzburg United Chronicle
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Fredrick Asare keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Maritzburg United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Maritzburg United
Khama Williams and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Brooklyn Poggenpoel falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Saziso Magawana beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 17. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Thabo Nodada stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.64 on the card, and the Maritzburg United support went home talking about one name.
Match31 Oct 2026
Maritzburg United and Chippa United take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Half-satisfied: Keagan Kekana on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Thabo Nodada is off the mark for Maritzburg United
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Patrick Autata
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Patrick Autata, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Khama Williams does not fit this one
- Player ratings An afternoon Patrick Autata will want back
- Squad Samkelo Dlamuka: “I am not a substitute”