The Free State Stars Chronicle
Squad31 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Thulani Manyama
127 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.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Percy Dala runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 32. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market31 Aug 2026
Lebogang Mokoena 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 The request is on a desk at Free State Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Thulani Manyama 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 Free State Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match29 Aug 2026
Free State Stars get the job done against Chippa United
A 1‑0 win over Chippa United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
The afternoon belonged to Williams Mkhize
7.81, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Free State Stars had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
In brief
- Squad Lebogang Zungu dropped after a run of poor form
- Squad Teboho Mphela gets it from the manager
- Market Teboho Mokoena linked with a move away
- Market Free State Stars bring in Nkosikhona Ndaba on loan