Evidence Phiri

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Marked for Evidence Phiri

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The Ajax Cape Town Post

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match6 Nov 2027

Nowhere to hide for Ajax Cape Town

0‑3 against SuperSport United, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Squad8 Nov 2027

Luther Mokotjo 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.

Squad8 Nov 2027

A row about effort at Ajax Cape Town

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Evidence Mphela was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad8 Nov 2027

Ajax Cape Town lose Evidence Phiri

19 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The dugout8 Nov 2027

The manager makes an example of Mnqobi Mzize

“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.

Boardroom8 Nov 2027

Inquest at Ajax Cape Town

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

The dugout8 Nov 2027

Morgan Lorch: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Market8 Nov 2027

Ajax Cape Town and Nelson Ralenkoane 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.

The dugout8 Nov 2027

Somebody else is better right now than Nelson Ralenkoane

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

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The Ajax Cape Town Post

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout11 Oct 2027

Kwenzakwenkosi Mbatha keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Ajax Cape Town may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad11 Oct 2027

Tempers go at Ajax Cape Town

Gift Furman 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.

Squad11 Oct 2027

Ajax Cape Town count the cost of losing Evidence Phiri

50 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad11 Oct 2027

Gift Tau stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Gift Tau and Ajax Cape Town agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad11 Oct 2027

Nelson Ralenkoane 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.

Market11 Oct 2027

Moses Mphekgoane told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Moses Mphekgoane has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Ajax Cape Town.

The dugout11 Oct 2027

Daniel Mjengu gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout11 Oct 2027

When it matters, Percy Mabunda plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market11 Oct 2027

The Andile Dala question follows Ajax Cape Town around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Andile Dala’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief