The Platinum Stars Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Platinum Stars
Bongani Modiba 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Ittihad watching Bradley Tau
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Platinum Stars have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Platinum Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ramahlwe Mphela 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Tashreeq Morris is in the works
Platinum Stars have made the call to Kaizer Chiefs. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Platinum Stars try to borrow Kegan Johannes
Mamelodi Sundowns have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Bongani Modiba knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Bongani Modiba trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad Ramahlwe Dala handed the armband
- Market Platinum Stars put Teboho Dala up for sale
- Squad Questions about Dean Jali on the training pitch
- Looking ahead Platinum Stars travel to Orlando Pirates