The Jomo Cosmos Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sibongiseni Ngcobo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Jomo Cosmos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kamohelo Mokotjo 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
Jomo Cosmos come up short against Free State Stars
Free State Stars left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hlompho Jali steps up from the Jomo Cosmos academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hlompho Jali 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: Lebogang Zungu joins the Jomo Cosmos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lebogang Zungu 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
One of our own: Khama Manyama joins the Jomo Cosmos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Khama Manyama 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
Jomo Cosmos promote Lebogang Grobler from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lebogang 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Sifiso Nkosi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sifiso Nkosi, and the manager let it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gerald Ndlovu is still paying for one afternoon at Jomo Cosmos
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
In brief
- Player ratings Matsi Sono runs at them all day
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Jomo Cosmos
- Player ratings Gerald Ndlovu never got going