Thulani Mkhize

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Marked for Thulani Mkhize

18 Edition

The Bloemfontein Celtic Sentinel

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Bloemfontein Celtic tear Bidvest Wits apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑0 against Bidvest Wits, and it could have been more.

Player ratings

Both of them Kasper Høgh's — 9.07

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.07, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad

Kasper Høgh is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.58 with 18 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Shumaira Mheuka at 19 — 8.15

The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Shumaira Mheuka did not need any: 8.15, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad

Tempers go at Bloemfontein Celtic

Jordan Lotomba 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.

Squad

Oliver Sørensen 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.

The terraces

Bloemfontein Celtic supporters have found a favourite in Siyanda Ndlovu

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Siyanda Ndlovu has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Haissem Hassan

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

One of those days for Camilo Durán

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.43, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

In brief

Back issues
14 Edition

The Bloemfontein Celtic Sentinel

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Siyanda Ndlovu runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 44. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

A fracture rules Sibusiso Vilakazi out for 42 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Bloemfontein Celtic will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match

10 unbeaten for Bloemfontein Celtic

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 10 matches without defeat is a foundation Bloemfontein Celtic did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Defences have started doubling up on Kasper Høgh

15 goals and a season average of 7.42 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Market

Kasper Høgh wants more than Bloemfontein Celtic are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad

Oliver Sørensen 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.

The terraces

Bloemfontein Celtic supporters have found a favourite in Siyanda Ndlovu

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Siyanda Ndlovu has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Bloemfontein Celtic see off Chippa United

Three points for Bloemfontein Celtic, 1‑0 the final word against Chippa United in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Bloemfontein Celtic lose Thulani Mkhize

45 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief