Dean Lorch

Central Midfielder - Ajax Cape Town
2 Sep 2026
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Dean Lorch

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The Ajax Cape Town Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Bongani Jali says no to Kalmar FF

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Bongani Jali had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Squad

A move Sipho Mbule would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Sipho Mbule is living that version at Ajax Cape Town, and it tends to show in the first month.

Transfer targets

Free State Stars tell Ajax Cape Town: Bongani Phiri is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Transfer targets

An offer of $880.0K for Bongani Mkhize

Ajax Cape Town have gone to Black Aces with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Market

Ajax Cape Town say no — this time

The offer from Asante Kotoko for Ramahlwe Khune 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.

Squad

A falling-out at Ajax Cape Town

Keagan Mokoena and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Dean Lorch 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.

Match

Ajax Cape Town get the job done against Chippa United

A 2‑1 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.

The terraces

Ajax Cape Town supporters have found a favourite in Dean Lorch

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Dean Lorch has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

In brief