Sifiso Ngcobo

Defensive Midfielder - Free Agent
3 Mar 2030
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174 Edition

The Platinum Stars Courier

26 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings26 Nov 2029

Oarabile Booysen was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 23. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad26 Nov 2029

Words exchanged at Platinum Stars

Kutlwano Letlhaku and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout26 Nov 2029

Bongani Zungu 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.

Squad26 Nov 2029

Erick Manyama 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 Nov 2029

Sifiso Ngcobo stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Sifiso Ngcobo and Platinum Stars agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout26 Nov 2029

When it matters, Siphamandla Sabelo 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.

The dugout26 Nov 2029

Themba Modiba: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

The dugout26 Nov 2029

The form table has caught Teboho Dala

Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.

Looking ahead26 Nov 2029

The leaders are next for Platinum Stars

Kaizer Chiefs top the table and they are coming into view. Nothing to lose, which is what every manager says before losing.

In brief

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121 Edition

The Platinum Stars Courier

20 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad20 Nov 2028

Words exchanged at Platinum Stars

Kutlwano Letlhaku and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match18 Nov 2028

Platinum Stars find a way past Orlando Pirates

Orlando Pirates made Platinum Stars work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings20 Nov 2028

A masterclass from Kutlwano Letlhaku

Marked 8.30 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

The dugout20 Nov 2028

A satisfied Themba Modiba

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Themba Modiba could afford to be generous.

The dugout20 Nov 2028

Percy Williams 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 dugout20 Nov 2028

The form table has caught Odwa Bushula

Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.

The dugout20 Nov 2028

Sifiso Mphela has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Platinum 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.

Squad20 Nov 2028

A row about effort at Platinum Stars

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

Looking ahead20 Nov 2028

A reunion for Donay Jansen

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Kaizer Chiefs in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

In brief