The SuperSport United Sentinel
Squad23 Nov 2026
The knee: Divine Lunga out for 58 days
58 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. SuperSport United lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Williams Mkhize: 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at SuperSport United
Mandla Hlatshwayo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A row about effort at SuperSport United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sifiso Mokotjo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match21 Nov 2026
SuperSport United come up short against Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Dean Zungu: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Gift Grobler
“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.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Themba Mphela left out for tactical reasons at SuperSport United
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
Squad23 Nov 2026
The shirt is Ramahlwe Zungu’s
At 25 he has taken a place rather than been given one, and somebody else has to find something to say about it. SuperSport United have a decision that made itself.
In brief
- Player ratings Mandla Manyama runs at them all day
- Looking ahead SuperSport United travel to Polokwane City