The Platinum Stars Courier
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Antonio Van Wyk
Successful dribbles: 40. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market31 Aug 2026
Crvena Zvezda 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Siyabonga Kekana 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Platinum Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Evidence Mabunda 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Evidence Mabunda
“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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Platinum Stars come up short against Ajax Cape Town
Ajax Cape Town left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- Squad Evidence Phiri dropped after a run of poor form
- Squad Antonio Van Wyk has outgrown this division
- Player ratings The referee tires of Evidence Mabunda