The Platinum Stars Courier
Match12 Dec 2026
The wait goes on for Platinum Stars
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Keagan Williams runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad14 Dec 2026
No hiding place for Ricardo Williams
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ricardo Williams, and the manager let it.
Match12 Dec 2026
Ajax Cape Town take the points off Platinum Stars
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Loan watch14 Dec 2026
Siyabonga Zungu has seen enough of Bidvest Wits
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Platinum Stars, and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad14 Dec 2026
May Mahlangu knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and May Mahlangu trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Player ratings The one thing Themba Hlatshwayo could not do
- Player ratings Off the pace: May Mahlangu
- Squad The room hears from May Mahlangu
- Squad Hlompho Hlatshwayo is not enjoying his job description