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133 Edition

The Ajax Cape Town Post

12 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings12 Feb 2029

A defender's goal wins it for Ajax Cape Town — 7.65

1 for Dokou Dodo, marked 7.65, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Player ratings12 Feb 2029

Oarabile Booysen runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad12 Feb 2029

Bradley Zwane 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.

Squad12 Feb 2029

Dokou Dodo 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.

Transfer targets12 Feb 2029

Door shut on Agustín Lastra

Ajax Cape Town asked and Mamelodi Sundowns said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad12 Feb 2029

Ramahlwe Dala stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ramahlwe Dala and Ajax Cape Town agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match10 Feb 2029

Honours even between Ajax Cape Town and Bidvest Wits

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

The dugout12 Feb 2029

Zeke May 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.

The dugout12 Feb 2029

Bradley Zwane gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Bradley Zwane is on it.

In brief

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132 Edition

The Ajax Cape Town Post

5 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market5 Feb 2029

Ajax Cape Town sell their best player to Bidvest Wits

$6.2M is a serious amount of money and it does not play centre-forward. Everybody in the dressing room knows who used to be looked at when it went wrong.

Market5 Feb 2029

Given Msimango agrees terms with Orlando Pirates

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Ajax Cape Town people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Boardroom5 Feb 2029

Ajax Cape Town write off $1.0M on Musa Drammeh

He arrived for a fee and leaves for a fraction of it. $1.0M of what Ajax Cape Town paid for Musa Drammeh is money the club will not see again, and the boardroom will be asked about it for two seasons.

The terraces5 Feb 2029

Supporters turn on the $6.2M sale of Erick Phiri

He is going to Bidvest Wits, the club has $6.2M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.

Boardroom5 Feb 2029

Deadline passes with 3 signed and 8 gone

That is the business done at Ajax Cape Town until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Squad5 Feb 2029

A falling-out at Ajax Cape Town

Bradley Zwane and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets5 Feb 2029

Ajax Cape Town make their move for Meshua Mello

$22.0K on the table at Polokwane City. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Transfer targets5 Feb 2029

Door shut on Jody February

Ajax Cape Town asked and Orlando Pirates said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match3 Feb 2029

A bad afternoon for Ajax Cape Town against Bloemfontein Celtic

0‑1 to Bloemfontein Celtic, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

In brief

100 Edition

The Ajax Cape Town Post

26 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market26 Jun 2028

Dokou Dodo hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ajax Cape Town can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets26 Jun 2028

Facundo Quintana will not be coming to Ajax Cape Town

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Fluminense is saying, and nobody at Ajax Cape Town is enjoying the guessing.

Squad26 Jun 2028

Erick Phiri 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.

Market26 Jun 2028

Ismaily join the queue for Teboho Mothiba

Add another name to the list: Ismaily have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Teboho Mothiba. The answer from Ajax Cape Town has not changed — yet.

Transfer targets26 Jun 2028

Door shut on Siyabonga Ngezana

Ajax Cape Town asked and Excelsior said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad26 Jun 2028

Musa Drammeh 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.

Squad26 Jun 2028

Themba Mahlangu signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Themba Mahlangu commits to Ajax Cape Town for another 3 years.

Transfer targets26 Jun 2028

A loan move for Andrés Alarcón is in the works

Ajax Cape Town have made the call to Dinamo Makhachkala. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

The dugout26 Jun 2028

When it matters, Luther Mphela plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief