The Kaizer Chiefs Herald
The dugout3 May 2027
Siphesihle Ndlovu keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Kaizer Chiefs may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad3 May 2027
14 days out for Thabo Mokwena after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Kaizer Chiefs will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market3 May 2027
Only the photograph left for Rushwin Dortley
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Rushwin Dortley will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Kaizer Chiefs the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad3 May 2027
Tempers go at Kaizer Chiefs
Erick Phiri 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.
Squad3 May 2027
Thapelo Maseko 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.
Market3 May 2027
Kaizer Chiefs promote Teboho Jali from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Teboho Jali has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market3 May 2027
Kaizer Chiefs promote Morgan Grobler from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Morgan Grobler has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market3 May 2027
One of our own: Teboho Lorch joins the Kaizer Chiefs first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Teboho Lorch is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout3 May 2027
A promise honoured at Kaizer Chiefs
Something was said to Erick Phiri and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
In brief
- Squad Thabo Mokwena is no longer first choice
- The dugout Rushwin Dortley knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout Paseka Mako has been promised minutes