The Platinum Stars Courier
Match3 Oct 2026
10 matches without a win for Platinum Stars
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Platinum Stars are no longer polite ones.
Market5 Oct 2026
Kermit Phiri asks to leave Platinum Stars
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match5 Oct 2026
Platinum Stars are in real trouble now
Position 14, 6 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Platinum Stars
Cohen Stander 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Dean Khune 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Bradley Mphela stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Bradley Mphela and Platinum Stars agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match3 Oct 2026
Mamelodi Sundowns take the points off Platinum Stars
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Luther Khune named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Luther Khune is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Dean Khune runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Market Talks stall between Platinum Stars and Teboho Manyama
- Market The Ramahlwe Tau question follows Platinum Stars around