The Black Aces Herald
Match29 Aug 2026
Black Aces throw away a 2-goal lead
2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Polokwane City the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Black Aces will enjoy reviewing.
Market31 Aug 2026
Alverca come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Black Aces did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Morgan Khune scores twice — 8.42
Two goals and a mark of 8.42 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market31 Aug 2026
Itumeleng Mokoena puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Black Aces, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Lautaro Rivero turns down Black Aces
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: River Plate keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Black Aces
Percy Grobler 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Black Aces
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gift Motupa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Black Aces rebuffed over Gabriel Bontempo
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Santos have kept their man, and Black Aces go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Rivaldo Zwane
Marked 9.01 — 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Themba Mabunda beats them one at a time
- Match Black Aces and Polokwane City take a point apiece
- Market JS Saoura expected to open talks for Siyabonga Ngcobo