The Chippa United Sentinel
Match8 Aug 2026
Nowhere to hide for Chippa United
0‑3 against Kaizer Chiefs, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sinoxolo Kwayiba hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chippa United can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Neo Bohloko
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Chippa United have done the hard part with Kaizer Chiefs, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Chippa United
Goodman Mosele and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Chippa United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abbubaker Mobara 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Azola Matrose was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Keagan Mahlangu joins the Chippa United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Keagan Mahlangu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sifiso Ngcobo steps up from the Chippa United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sifiso Ngcobo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Khama Mabunda joins the Chippa United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Khama Mabunda is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout Mondli Miya gets it from the manager
- Boardroom Nobody left the Chippa United dressing room in a hurry
- The dugout The manager’s verdict