The Black Aces Herald
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Morgan Khune was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 30. 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Erick Williams 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.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Lautaro Rivero due for a Black Aces medical
Everything agreed with River Plate, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Samuel Edozie will not be coming to Black Aces
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Southampton is saying, and nobody at Black Aces is enjoying the guessing.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Black Aces
Percy Grobler and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Black Aces rebuffed over Thiago Silvero
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Vélez have kept their man, and Black Aces go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Percy Hlatshwayo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match22 Aug 2026
Black Aces come up short against Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market24 Aug 2026
Eyes on Siyabonga Ngcobo again
The phone has started ringing about Siyabonga Ngcobo again, and this time the name on the line is JS Saoura. Black Aces are listening politely and promising nothing.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Sifiso Grobler
- The dugout Sifiso Lorch answers for it
- The dugout Black Aces pick somebody else ahead of Mandla Grobler