The Platinum Stars Courier
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Kermit Manyama runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 33. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market17 Aug 2026
MC Alger come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Platinum Stars did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Williams Grobler 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 Platinum Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Platinum Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kermit Manyama 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Mandla Mothiba’s goal not enough for Platinum Stars
Mandla Mothiba scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Kaizer Chiefs, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Thulani Dala
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Thulani Dala, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Mandla Mothiba is off the mark for Platinum Stars
- Market Morgan Zwane placed on the list