The Bidvest Wits Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
A day Paulo Renê will not forget
4 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Match8 Aug 2026
Bidvest Wits tear Black Aces apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑1 against Black Aces, and it could have been more.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Paulo Renê, 37, rolls back the years — 9.60
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 9.60 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Siyabonga Buda signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Siyabonga Buda commits to Bidvest Wits for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Reyaad Pieterse 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 Bidvest Wits this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Bidvest Wits training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Siyabonga Buda 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Evidence Mabunda steps up from the Bidvest Wits academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Evidence Mabunda 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
Luther Williams steps up from the Bidvest Wits academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luther Williams 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
Bidvest Wits promote Teboho Grobler from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Teboho 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.
In brief
- Market Mandla Zungu steps up from the Bidvest Wits academy
- Player ratings Nobody could get near George Matlou
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Bidvest Wits