The Black Aces Herald
Squad26 Oct 2026
Evidence Kekana damages knee ligaments — 32 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 32 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Gift Williams keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Black Aces may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Zuko Mdunyelwa 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.
Match24 Oct 2026
The goals have deserted Black Aces
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Black Aces can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Black Aces
Gift Mabunda 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.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Luke Baartman
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Player ratings Williams Tau shuts the door
- Match No goals between Black Aces and Chippa United
- Market Luke Baartman linked with a move away
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Keagan Mothiba