The Ajax Cape Town Post
Squad31 May 2027
The step up is real for Itumeleng Jali
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad31 May 2027
Tempers go at Ajax Cape Town
Mandla Hlatshwayo 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.
Market31 May 2027
A season away well spent by Bongani Grobler
24 games, 14 goals, and a squad option that has arrived without a fee attached. The interesting question at Ajax Cape Town now is not whether he plays but who he displaces.
Squad31 May 2027
Shungu Dutiro 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.
The dugout31 May 2027
Bongani Grobler asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market31 May 2027
Still no ink between Ajax Cape Town and Agu Kenechukwu
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Ajax Cape Town, another week without a signature from Agu Kenechukwu.
In brief
- Market The Mandla Hlatshwayo talk will not go away
- The dugout A door opens for Holomo Mpeli
- Squad Erick Williams is out on the grass again