The Platinum Stars Courier
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Bongani Hlatshwayo, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 7.64
A mark of 7.64 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market15 Feb 2027
Platinum Stars say no — this time
The offer from Gazelle for Williams Mokotjo was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Platinum Stars
Nkosi Gumede and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Gift Mothiba beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match13 Feb 2027
Platinum Stars find a way past Polokwane City
Polokwane City made Platinum Stars work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Andile Grobler stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.84 on the card, and the Platinum Stars support went home talking about one name.
Loan watch15 Feb 2027
Teboho Billiat wants to come home
“I did not go to AFC Leopards to sit and watch. I want to come back to Platinum Stars and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 23 matches say the rest.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Siyabonga Phiri, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
When it matters, Bongani Mothiba plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Dean Mkhize
- Squad Young player of the week: Bongani Hlatshwayo
- Market The Gift Mothiba question follows Platinum Stars around