The Platinum Stars Courier
Match9 Sep 2026
Cup progress for Platinum Stars
A 3‑1 win over Orlando Pirates, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Squad14 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Thulani Dala
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market14 Sep 2026
Hlompho Khune 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 Platinum Stars can pretend not to have heard.
Match12 Sep 2026
Siyabonga Mkhize’s goal not enough for Platinum Stars
Siyabonga Mkhize scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Golden Arrows, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Siyabonga Mkhize was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.66. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A masterclass from Williams Dolly
Marked 8.21 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Andile Lorch in the eights
A performance of 8.15 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Cesare Sartori runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Teboho Williams faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Teboho Williams after 1‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
In brief
- The dugout Thulani Dala has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Bradley Mkhize
- Squad Percy Mabunda, 14, gets his chance