The Black Aces Herald
Match8 Aug 2026
Black Aces win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 93th minute. Bidvest Wits will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sifiso Zwane signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sifiso Zwane commits to Black Aces for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Black Aces
Sifiso 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Black Aces
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Themba Ngcobo 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 terraces10 Aug 2026
Black Aces supporters have found a favourite in Evidence Kekana
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Evidence Kekana 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Black Aces promote Thulani Mokoena from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thulani Mokoena has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sifiso Mokotjo steps up from the Black Aces academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sifiso Mokotjo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Bradley Billiat joins the Black Aces first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bradley Billiat is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Dean Kekana joins the Black Aces first team
- Squad The manager makes an example of Sifiso Kekana
- Match Black Aces find a way past Bidvest Wits