The Ajax Cape Town Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Not going: Sifiso Vilakazi stays at Ajax Cape Town
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Tondela had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ramahlwe Mokoena stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ramahlwe Mokoena and Ajax Cape Town agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ajax Cape Town make their move for Ethan Chislett
$290.0K on the table at Kaizer Chiefs. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ajax Cape Town
Rivaldo Mothiba 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Ajax Cape Town
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Rivaldo Ngcobo 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Ramahlwe Grobler’s goal not enough for Ajax Cape Town
Ramahlwe Grobler scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Polokwane City, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Rivaldo Mothiba gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Lebogang Mabunda joins the Ajax Cape Town first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lebogang 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
- Market Ajax Cape Town promote Thulani Khune from within
- Market Morgan Mkhize steps up from the Ajax Cape Town academy
- Player ratings Ramahlwe Grobler beats them one at a time