The Ajax Cape Town Post
Market17 Aug 2026
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
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 targets17 Aug 2026
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 targets17 Aug 2026
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.
Market17 Aug 2026
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
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.
Match15 Aug 2026
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 terraces17 Aug 2026
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
- The dugout No hiding place for Keagan Mokoena
- Market SuperSport United watching Teboho Ngcobo
- Player ratings Hlompho Erasmus in the eights