The Ajax Cape Town Post
Market3 Aug 2026
Ajax Cape Town say no — this time
The offer from Stockport County for Dean Mkhize was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Ajax Cape Town bid $2.3M for Nkanyiso Shinga
The offer went to Kaizer Chiefs this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Market3 Aug 2026
Dean Mkhize wants more than Ajax Cape Town 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Ajax Cape Town
Dean Mkhize and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Dean Furman 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Keagan Mokoena stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Keagan Mokoena and Ajax Cape Town agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- Transfer targets Door shut on Lautaro Rivero
- The dugout Dean Furman asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Morgan Vilakazi wants to know why he earns less
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Polokwane City at home