Erick Mkhize

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The Free State Stars Chronicle

28 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market28 Feb 2028

Khama Zungu 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 The request is on a desk at Free State Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match28 Feb 2028

Full time on the season at Free State Stars

Position 15 on 19 points. Every season is a story and this is the last line of it, and now the club has three months to decide what the next one is about.

Squad28 Feb 2028

61 days out for Khama Zungu after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Free State Stars will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Match26 Feb 2028

4 matches without a win for Free State Stars

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Free State Stars are no longer polite ones.

Match26 Feb 2028

4 matches without a goal for Free State Stars

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad28 Feb 2028

A row about effort at Free State Stars

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Khama Zungu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout28 Feb 2028

The manager makes an example of Saziso Magawana

“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.

Match26 Feb 2028

Bloemfontein Celtic take the points off Free State Stars

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout28 Feb 2028

Lebogang Kekana answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

In brief

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The Free State Stars Chronicle

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 May 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Itumeleng Manyama

37 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Free State Stars lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market17 May 2027

Williams Erasmus 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 Free State Stars can pretend not to have heard.

Squad17 May 2027

A row about effort at Free State Stars

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ramahlwe Mokoena was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad17 May 2027

A falling-out at Free State Stars

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

The dugout17 May 2027

Keagan Mahlangu has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Free State Stars will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market17 May 2027

The Ramahlwe Vilakazi story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Ramahlwe Vilakazi signs something — a contract at Free State Stars or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout17 May 2027

The manager makes an example of Keagan Vilakazi

“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.

The dugout17 May 2027

Simphiwe Mtsweni knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Simphiwe Mtsweni trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market17 May 2027

Rivaldo Mkhize has been watched

Orlando Pirates had somebody in the stand with a notebook, and he was not there for the pies. Watching is free; the next step is not.

In brief