The Black Aces Herald
Market31 Aug 2026
Luther Ngcobo 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 targets31 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Takalani Mazhamba
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Black Aces have done the hard part with Kaizer Chiefs, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Match29 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Black Aces
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Black Aces are no longer polite ones.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Black Aces
Ronwen Jali 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
Ntsikelelo Nyauza 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.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Morgan Lorch
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match29 Aug 2026
Polokwane City take the points off Black Aces
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Mandla Modiba to a room that had heard them before.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Percy Khune
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Transfer targets Black Aces ask about Zuko Mdunyelwa
- The dugout Luther Furman dropped after a run of poor form
- Squad Teboho Lorch, 18, gets his chance