Themba Mabunda

Central Midfielder - Platinum Stars
4 Dec 2026
Friday
Process
Overview Personal Contract News 2 Transfers Relations Events 24 Awards Matches History

Marked for Themba Mabunda

14 Edition

The Platinum Stars Courier

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match31 Oct 2026

A hiding for Platinum Stars

Beaten 0‑3 by University of Pretoria, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Match31 Oct 2026

No end in sight to Platinum Stars's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Platinum Stars has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Platinum Stars

Nkosi Gumede 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.

Match31 Oct 2026

The goals have deserted Platinum Stars

3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Platinum Stars can tell you which week it ends in.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Andile Grobler was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 18. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Boardroom2 Nov 2026

Nobody left the Platinum Stars dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Siyabonga Phiri answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A step back for Sifiso Dala at Platinum Stars

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

The one thing Luther Mothiba could not do

Shots: 7, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

In brief

Back issues
11 Edition

The Platinum Stars Courier

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Platinum Stars

Andile Mokoena 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.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Roscoe Pietersen is a square peg at Platinum Stars

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Platinum Stars keep their word to Tapelo Xoki

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Ramahlwe Dolly 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.

Looking ahead12 Oct 2026

Mothobi Mvala goes back to face Mamelodi Sundowns

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Mothobi Mvala’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Platinum Stars needing him to play as if none of it matters.

Market12 Oct 2026

Andile Grobler linked with a move away

The name of Andile Grobler keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Platinum Stars say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Williams Khune has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Williams Khune has written the date down.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Khama Khune knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Platinum Stars, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad12 Oct 2026

The penny has dropped for Mothobi Mvala

He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Platinum Stars the difference is visible from the back of the stand.

In brief