The Platinum Stars Courier
Match15 Aug 2026
Platinum Stars taken apart
0‑3 to Kaizer Chiefs, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market17 Aug 2026
Platinum Stars turn down SuperSport United for Evidence Jali
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No thanks: Simphiwe Selepe rejects the move
Platinum Stars had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Orlando Pirates, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Mandla Modiba was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 23. 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Platinum Stars
Keagan Mphela and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Platinum Stars rebuffed over Monnapule Saleng
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Mamelodi Sundowns have kept their man, and Platinum Stars go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Evidence Jali
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Evidence Jali, and the manager let it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Bradley Dolly falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Boardroom17 Aug 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.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Transfer targets Platinum Stars try to borrow Cemran Dansin
- Squad Rivaldo Dolly signs a new deal