The Black Aces Herald
Match10 Oct 2026
The wait goes on for Black Aces
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market12 Oct 2026
Teboho Modiba asks to leave Black Aces
“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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Black Aces
Carlo De Luca 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.
Match10 Oct 2026
Carlo De Luca’s goal not enough for Black Aces
Carlo De Luca scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Orlando Pirates, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at Black Aces training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Thamsanqa Grobler 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Ramahlwe Mphela
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Kermit Ngcobo has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Black Aces will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Carlo De Luca story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Carlo De Luca signs something — a contract at Black Aces or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Gift Zungu changes it off the bench
He was not in the side at half past three and he had settled it before five. Half an hour, and Black Aces had a different afternoon.
In brief
- Player ratings Carlo De Luca runs at them all day
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Kermit Ngcobo