Khama Tau

Defensive Midfielder - Platinum Stars
4 Sep 2026
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Marked for Khama Tau

5 Edition

The Platinum Stars Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Gift Mothiba beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 26. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Market31 Aug 2026

Teboho Billiat asks to leave Platinum Stars

“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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Platinum Stars

Bongani Mothiba and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The terraces31 Aug 2026

One of their own: Gift Mothiba

He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

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 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Market31 Aug 2026

Eyes on Luther Mothiba again

The phone has started ringing about Luther Mothiba again, and this time the name on the line is Bidvest Wits. Platinum Stars are listening politely and promising nothing.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Khama Tau

“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.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Luther Billiat was the difference for Platinum Stars

Marked 7.94. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Platinum Stars try to borrow Lukas Ramil Sauer

All Boys have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief

  • Squad 5 new faces, and Platinum Stars are still learning each other
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • Market The Teboho Billiat conversation is coming
Back issues
3 Edition

The Platinum Stars Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market17 Aug 2026

Terms done: Teboho Billiat is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and AFC Leopards waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Platinum Stars is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Squad17 Aug 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Platinum Stars

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kermit Hlatshwayo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

Platinum Stars supporters have found a favourite in Kermit Hlatshwayo

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Kermit Hlatshwayo has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Andile Grobler 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.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Andile Grobler

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Siyabonga Phiri: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

Squad17 Aug 2026

The formation has left Mothobi Mvala behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Platinum Stars will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Kermit Hlatshwayo, 20, is the weekend’s best young player

Measured against every other kid in the division and first among them. The senior award is where Platinum Stars would like this to lead.

In brief