The Black Aces Herald
Squad3 Aug 2026
Rivaldo Mahlangu 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 Black Aces this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Black Aces training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bradley Ngcobo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Sandile Khumalo is a square peg at Black Aces
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Rivaldo Mahlangu signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Rivaldo Mahlangu commits to Black Aces for another 1 years.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Black Aces try to borrow Emmanuel Jalai
Maritzburg United have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Black Aces ask about Gift Udoh
A loan enquiry to Ikorodu City: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Itumeleng Hlatshwayo asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market3 Aug 2026
Black Aces bring in an old head
Pentjie Zulu is 36 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Rivaldo Mahlangu's contract
12 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
In brief
- Market Black Aces shop where it costs nothing
- Market Sandile Khumalo joins Black Aces on a free
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Bidvest Wits