The Mamelodi Sundowns Sentinel
Match11 Sep 2027
Cup progress for Mamelodi Sundowns
A 0‑0 win over Jomo Cosmos, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Match8 Sep 2027
Lebo Mothiba sends Mamelodi Sundowns through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Lebo Mothiba obliged against Jomo Cosmos. 3‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Mamelodi Sundowns.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
A brace, and Lebo Mothiba takes the afternoon — 9.58
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Lebo Mothiba provided it, and the 9.58 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Nobody could get near Antonio Van Wyk
Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match11 Sep 2027
Still nobody has beaten Mamelodi Sundowns
The unbeaten run reaches 10. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market13 Sep 2027
Antonio Van Wyk has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Mamelodi Sundowns they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Words exchanged at Mamelodi Sundowns
Ronwen Williams and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad13 Sep 2027
A row about effort at Mamelodi Sundowns
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marcelo Allende was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market13 Sep 2027
Rivaldo Modiba steps up from the Mamelodi Sundowns academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rivaldo Modiba 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Hlompho Manyama joins the Mamelodi Sundowns first team
- Market Mamelodi Sundowns promote Bradley Manyama from within
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Siyanda Ndlovu