The Free State Stars Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Free State Stars sell their best player to Leeds United
$6.2M is a serious amount of money and it does not play centre-forward. Everybody in the dressing room knows who used to be looked at when it went wrong.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Mandla Vilakazi damages knee ligaments — 51 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 51 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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Supporters turn on the $6.2M sale of Hlompho Zungu
He is going to Leeds United, the club has $6.2M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Erick Furman
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Free State Stars
Erick Furman 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Keagan Modiba
“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.
In brief
- Squad Dean Hlatshwayo signs on for more
- Match Free State Stars and Orlando Pirates cancel each other out
- Market The shop window has Itumeleng Dala in it
- Player ratings Bradley Manyama spends the afternoon fouling