The Platinum Stars Courier
Market3 Aug 2026
Enyimba come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Platinum Stars did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market3 Aug 2026
AFC Leopards join the queue for Siyabonga Tau
Add another name to the list: AFC Leopards have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Siyabonga Tau. The answer from Platinum Stars has not changed — yet.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Themba Mahlangu in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Platinum Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Platinum Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Siyabonga Dolly is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Platinum Stars ask about Thato Sibiya
A loan enquiry to Mamelodi Sundowns: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Thamsanqa Zwane stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Thamsanqa Zwane and Platinum Stars agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Hlompho Khune knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Platinum Stars, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market3 Aug 2026
Gift Mokotjo told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Gift Mokotjo has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Platinum Stars.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Hlompho Khune takes the armband
It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.
In brief
- Market The Gift Dolly question follows Platinum Stars around
- Looking ahead Platinum Stars travel to Orlando Pirates