The Ajax Cape Town Post
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Thembinkosi Lorch
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ajax Cape Town
Luther Phiri 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Chippa United join the queue for Evidence Hlatshwayo
Add another name to the list: Chippa United have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Evidence Hlatshwayo. The answer from Ajax Cape Town has not changed — yet.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Luther Phiri
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luther Phiri, and the manager let it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Ajax Cape Town training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lebogang Ngcobo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Ajax Cape Town
6 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- Match Ajax Cape Town and Chippa United take a point apiece
- Market Andile Hlatshwayo is free to find somewhere else
- Market Ajax Cape Town borrow Kermit Manyama
- Market Ajax Cape Town bring in Samkelo Dlamuka on loan