The Black Aces Herald
Market24 Aug 2026
Istanbulspor come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Black Aces did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A brace, and Gift Zungu takes the afternoon — 8.04
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Gift Zungu provided it, and the 8.04 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market24 Aug 2026
Sifiso Mphela 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Eyes on Morgan Ngcobo again
The phone has started ringing about Morgan Ngcobo again, and this time the name on the line is Gor Mahia. Black Aces are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Black Aces training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Morgan Dala 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Luther Erasmus is still paying for one afternoon at Black Aces
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Match22 Aug 2026
Black Aces and Mamelodi Sundowns take a point apiece
It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Sifiso Mphela in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Black Aces this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Keagan Kekana gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Player ratings An afternoon Luther Erasmus will want back
- Market No place for Ronwen Furman in the plan
- Player ratings Dean Phiri changes it off the bench