The Black Aces Herald
Squad17 Aug 2026
Percy Hlatshwayo stands alone
11 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Percy Grobler takes the afternoon — 8.81
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Percy Grobler provided it, and the 8.81 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Morgan Khune, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.13
A mark of 8.13 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market17 Aug 2026
Ajax Cape Town 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Black Aces
Percy Grobler and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Hull City tell Black Aces: Jens Hjertø-Dahl is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Black Aces
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Percy Hlatshwayo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Black Aces supporters have found a favourite in Morgan Khune
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Morgan Khune has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Percy Hlatshwayo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Percy Hlatshwayo, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Match Honours even between Black Aces and SuperSport United
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Erick Mkhize at his very best
- Match Black Aces refuse to lose to SuperSport United