Keagan Mkhize

Central Midfielder - SuperSport United
25 Feb 2028
Friday
Process

Marked for Keagan Mkhize

18 Edition

The SuperSport United Sentinel

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Luther Mabunda, 21, steals the show — 7.77

Marked 7.77 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

The dugout

Sifiso Ngcobo: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” SuperSport United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

SuperSport United see off Polokwane City

Three points for SuperSport United, 2‑1 the final word against Polokwane City in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Luther Mabunda

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad

Words at SuperSport United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bryn Deeley 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.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Gift Mothiba

A mark of 7.82, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Ronwen Phiri kept it short after the 2‑1 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

The dugout

Teboho Mphela gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout

Teboho Grobler has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at SuperSport United 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.

In brief

Back issues
14 Edition

The SuperSport United Sentinel

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Bryn Deeley 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.

Squad

Zuko Mdunyelwa reaches 100 appearances

100 games in the shirt. Nobody sets out to build a record like that; it happens to a certain kind of player at a certain kind of club, and this town knows what it has.

Player ratings

Both jobs done by Keagan Mkhize — 7.00

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 9 actions, 7.00, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

Loan watch

Evidence Grobler counts the days

“I watch every SuperSport United game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Free State Stars runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Squad

Luther Mabunda named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Luther Mabunda is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout

Ronwen Phiri: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

The dugout

SuperSport United pick somebody else ahead of Simphiwe Mtsweni

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Player ratings

Percy Lorch beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 13. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match

SuperSport United and Bidvest Wits cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Bidvest Wits came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

In brief