The Chippa United Sentinel
Boardroom6 Aug 2029
Chippa United put Themba Williams on notice
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Market6 Aug 2029
Brandon Theron hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chippa United can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets6 Aug 2029
The paperwork begins on Allesandro Du Plessis
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Chippa United have done the hard part with Bidvest Wits, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Market6 Aug 2029
Eyes on Khulekani Kubheka again
The phone has started ringing about Khulekani Kubheka again, and this time the name on the line is Maritzburg United. Chippa United are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets6 Aug 2029
No thanks: Keanu Cupido rejects the move
Chippa United had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Mamelodi Sundowns, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad6 Aug 2029
Words exchanged at Chippa United
Goodman Mosele 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.
Boardroom6 Aug 2029
7 academy graduates step up at Chippa United
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets6 Aug 2029
Chippa United rebuffed over Zoey Monyepao
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Kaizer Chiefs have kept their man, and Chippa United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout6 Aug 2029
The manager makes an example of Gift Motupa
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Market Ramahlwe Erasmus steps up from the Chippa United academy
- Market One of our own: Percy Vilakazi joins the Chippa United first team
- Transfer targets Chippa United try to borrow Keanu Cupido