The Black Aces Herald
Squad8 Feb 2027
3 goals for Williams Zwane
The match ball belongs to Williams Zwane, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Williams Zwane is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.38 with 24 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Morgan Manyama runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market8 Feb 2027
Khama Williams puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Black Aces, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match6 Feb 2027
Williams Zwane the difference as Black Aces beat Chippa United
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Williams Zwane. 3‑2 against Chippa United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Williams Zwane in the eights
A performance of 9.37 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Erick Mothiba 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Lucas Malacarne 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 Black Aces this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces8 Feb 2027
Black Aces supporters have found a favourite in Teboho Hlatshwayo
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 16-year-old it feels ownership of. Teboho Hlatshwayo has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Market Sebastiano Dalla Costa linked with a move away
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Gift Mothiba
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Sebastiano Dalla Costa