The Ajax Cape Town Post
Market17 Jul 2028
Ajax Cape Town say no — this time
The offer from Everton for Morgan Williams was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market17 Jul 2028
Mubarak Lawan asks to leave Ajax Cape Town
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Tempers go at Ajax Cape Town
Evidence Manyama was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Siyabonga Williams 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 targets17 Jul 2028
Door shut on Bashar Musa
Ajax Cape Town asked and Great Olympics said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Erick Lorch signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Erick Lorch commits to Ajax Cape Town for another 3 years.
The dugout17 Jul 2028
When it matters, Dean Manyama 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 dugout17 Jul 2028
The manager has not finished forgetting Cameron Carnell's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
The dugout17 Jul 2028
Thulani Mokotjo 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 Thulani Mokotjo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Luther Grobler
- Market The Siyabonga Williams question follows Ajax Cape Town around
- Market The clock does Gift Motupa’s negotiating for him