The Black Aces Herald
Match9 Sep 2026
Black Aces out of the cup
Kaizer Chiefs ended it 0‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Percy Mahlangu keeps Black Aces in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match12 Sep 2026
The wait goes on for Black Aces
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market14 Sep 2026
Rivaldo Kekana asks to leave Black Aces
“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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Black Aces turn down Ajax Cape Town for Williams Jali
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
No deal for Khama Vilakazi at that price
Black Aces offered $540.0K; Ajax Cape Town said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Black Aces
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dean Modiba was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match12 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for Black Aces against University of Pretoria
0‑2 to University of Pretoria, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Percy Mahlangu gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Player ratings Bradley Lorch runs at them all day
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Squad “I want to play”: Risen Albert speaks