Itumeleng Zwane

Goalkeeper - Platinum Stars
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Marked for Itumeleng Zwane

4 Edition

The Platinum Stars Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match22 Aug 2026

Cruel end for Chippa United as Platinum Stars pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Platinum Stars scored in the 96th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

Market24 Aug 2026

Siyabonga Modiba asks to leave Platinum Stars

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market24 Aug 2026

Gor Mahia 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Bongani Phiri 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at Platinum Stars training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hlompho Williams 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.

Match22 Aug 2026

Ronwen Phiri sends Platinum Stars past Chippa United

It finished 2‑1, and it was Ronwen Phiri’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Platinum Stars.

The terraces24 Aug 2026

Platinum Stars supporters have found a favourite in Mandla Khune

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Mandla Khune 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.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

A masterclass from Ronwen Phiri

Marked 8.36 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Khama Billiat

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Platinum Stars Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad10 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Itumeleng Zwane

There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market10 Aug 2026

Kaizer Chiefs 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.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Ronwen Phiri runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Ronwen Phiri signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ronwen Phiri and Platinum Stars agree another 4 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Hlompho Williams 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Dean Ngcobo out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Dean Ngcobo, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Boardroom10 Aug 2026

3 academy players handed senior numbers at Platinum Stars

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Market10 Aug 2026

Thulani Dolly attracts admirers

The name of Thulani Dolly has come up in conversations Platinum Stars were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Bongani Mothiba joins the Platinum Stars first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bongani Mothiba is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief