Siyabonga Dala

Central Midfielder - Ajax Cape Town
18 Oct 2026
Sunday
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Marked for Siyabonga Dala

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The Ajax Cape Town Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Kermit Mokoena leads the rout of University of Pretoria

4‑0, and Kermit Mokoena took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Ajax Cape Town tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Player ratings

Both of them Kermit Mokoena's — 9.11

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.11, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings

Themba Mokoena scores twice — 9.06

Two goals and a mark of 9.06 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market

Ajax Cape Town turn down USM Alger for Themba Mokoena

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

Market

Ronwen Zungu hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ajax Cape Town can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

Siyabonga Dala runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Ajax Cape Town make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Ajax Cape Town have 3 straight wins of it.

Squad

Themba Williams 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 Ajax Cape Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Siyabonga Dala

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

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The Ajax Cape Town Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

A day Themba Mokoena will not forget

5 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Match

Ajax Cape Town tear Polokwane City apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 11‑0 against Polokwane City, and it could have been more.

Player ratings

Siyabonga Dala could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 8.14

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 8.14, 2 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Squad

A day Kermit Mokoena will not forget

4 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Squad

Kermit Mokoena signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kermit Mokoena and Ajax Cape Town agree another 4 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Ajax Cape Town

Themba Williams was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

Themba Mokoena among the goals in a wild afternoon

11 goals in one match, Themba Mokoena on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Ajax Cape Town and Polokwane City.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Themba Mokoena

Marked 9.76 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Kermit Mokoena

Marked 9.67 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

In brief