The Black Aces Herald
Market31 Aug 2026
Morgan Mokotjo is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Black Aces is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market31 Aug 2026
Rivaldo Ngcobo 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Black Aces
Keagan Mabunda 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Black Aces get the job done against Polokwane City
A 1‑0 win over Polokwane City, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Andile Dala at his very best
Marked 8.29. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Black Aces.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Black Aces training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Siyabonga Furman 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 ratings31 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Williams Zungu
Marked 8.09 — 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Black Aces pick somebody else ahead of Ethen Sampson
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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Erick 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
- Player ratings Morgan Billiat runs at them all day
- Player ratings Keagan Mabunda was immovable
- The terraces The stand has a song for Andile Dala