The Platinum Stars Courier
Market31 Aug 2026
Hlompho Tau hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Platinum Stars can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Luther Mabunda
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match29 Aug 2026
Platinum Stars find a way past Ajax Cape Town
Ajax Cape Town made Platinum Stars work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
One of those days for Keagan Williams
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.78, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
One of those days for Themba Hlatshwayo
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.37, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Keagan Williams finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Platinum Stars have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market31 Aug 2026
Morgan Mokoena told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Morgan Mokoena has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Platinum Stars.
Squad31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Williams Manyama
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Williams Manyama, and the manager let it.
Market31 Aug 2026
The Themba Hlatshwayo talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Platinum Stars know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Squad May Mahlangu says his piece
- Squad Erick Mabunda is not enjoying his job description
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Keagan Williams