Teboho Phiri

Goalkeeper - Ajax Cape Town
13 Mar 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Teboho Phiri

22 Edition

The Ajax Cape Town Post

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Thulani Billiat

Successful dribbles: 41. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Teboho Phiri says Ajax Cape Town went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match

7 unbeaten for Ajax Cape Town

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Ajax Cape Town did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Njabulo Blom in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ajax Cape Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Themba Mahlangu

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Market

The Percy Mphela conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Botafogo will make the call about Percy Mphela this week. Ajax Cape Town have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Match

Nobody wins at Ajax Cape Town

8 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Match

Themba Mahlangu sends Ajax Cape Town past Free State Stars

It finished 1‑0, and it was Themba Mahlangu’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Ajax Cape Town.

Squad

Words at Ajax Cape Town training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luther Billiat 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.

In brief

Back issues
20 Edition

The Ajax Cape Town Post

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Thulani Billiat

Successful dribbles: 51. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Njabulo Blom in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ajax Cape Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch

Itumeleng Mabunda wants to come home

“I did not go to Chippa United to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ajax Cape Town and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 15 matches say the rest.

Squad

Teboho Phiri 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.

Match

Point won or two lost for Ajax Cape Town?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Platinum Stars? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

Squad

Luther Billiat knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ajax Cape Town, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

14 Edition

The Ajax Cape Town Post

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Thulani Billiat

Successful dribbles: 43. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

6 matches without a win for Ajax Cape Town

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Ajax Cape Town are no longer polite ones.

Match

6 matches without a goal for Ajax Cape Town

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 6 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

Teboho Phiri keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Ajax Cape Town may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Njabulo Blom in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ajax Cape Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Luther Ngcobo named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Luther Ngcobo is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

In brief