The Ajax Cape Town Post
Market1 Mar 2027
Denwin Farmer 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.
Player ratings1 Mar 2027
No sign of nerves from Lebogang Modiba at 21 — 8.38
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Lebogang Modiba did not need any: 8.38, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Ajax Cape Town
Williams Kekana 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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Monnapule Saleng 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.
The terraces1 Mar 2027
The crowd has taken to Lebogang Modiba
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad1 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Thato Mokeke
“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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
A promise honoured for Phakamani Mahlambi
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Ajax Cape Town told Phakamani Mahlambi something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
Loan watch1 Mar 2027
Erick Manyama counts the days
“I watch every Ajax Cape Town game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at SuperSport United runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Match27 Feb 2027
Ajax Cape Town share the spoils with Kaizer Chiefs
A 1‑1 draw with Kaizer Chiefs leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- Player ratings Ramahlwe Khune could not find anything
- Player ratings Percy Kekana never got going
- Player ratings An afternoon Itumeleng Manyama will want back