The Platinum Stars Courier
Squad11 Jan 2027
Rivaldo Erasmus takes the match ball home
5 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Match9 Jan 2027
Platinum Stars win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 94th minute. Free State Stars will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Kermit Dolly out for 15 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Platinum Stars will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market11 Jan 2027
Bradley Jali 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.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Ignacio Abarza is a medical away from Platinum Stars
The deal with Huracán is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Match9 Jan 2027
Rivaldo Erasmus sends Platinum Stars past Free State Stars
It finished 5‑4, and it was Rivaldo Erasmus’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Platinum Stars.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Platinum Stars
Khama Phiri and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
A masterclass from Rivaldo Erasmus
Marked 10.00 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Market11 Jan 2027
Eyes on Bongani Mothiba again
The phone has started ringing about Bongani Mothiba again, and this time the name on the line is SuperSport United. Platinum Stars are listening politely and promising nothing.
In brief
- Transfer targets Door shut on Mamour N'Diaye
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Bradley Jali
- Squad A row about effort at Platinum Stars