The Platinum Stars Courier
Squad12 Apr 2027
The knee: Bradley Manyama out for 126 days
126 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Platinum Stars lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market12 Apr 2027
Siyabonga Mkhize 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.
Market12 Apr 2027
Siyabonga Mkhize is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Platinum Stars is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Ian Campbell gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Ian Campbell has just signed for Platinum Stars, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Platinum Stars
Keagan Mphela was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad12 Apr 2027
A row about effort at Platinum Stars
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bradley Dolly was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- The dugout Bradley Manyama knocks on the manager’s door
- Market Platinum Stars shop where it costs nothing
- Market Talks stall between Platinum Stars and Ian Campbell
- The dugout Bradley Zungu keeps his manager's vote