The Free State Stars Chronicle
Squad7 Sep 2026
Takalani Mazhamba stands alone
8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Fee done, terms next for Siyabonga Mashinini
Free State Stars and Polokwane City have settled on $500.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Market7 Sep 2026
Teboho Zwane has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Free State Stars they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match5 Sep 2026
5 matches without a win for Free State Stars
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Free State Stars are no longer polite ones.
Market7 Sep 2026
Thulani Tau hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Free State Stars can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Window shuts: 8 in, 1 out at Free State Stars
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 8 arrived, 1 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Teboho Modiba was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 23. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Free State Stars rebuffed over Trofim Melnichenko
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Porto have kept their man, and Free State Stars go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Free State Stars
Siyanda Khumalo 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.
In brief
- Match A bad afternoon for Free State Stars against Platinum Stars
- Squad Words at Free State Stars training over how hard people work
- The dugout The view from the dugout