The Chippa United Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Sifiso Mlungwana would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Sifiso Mlungwana is living that version at Chippa United, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eva Bienvenu asks to leave Chippa United
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Chippa United
Goodman Mosele 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Kaizer Chiefs take the points off Chippa United
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Goodman Mosele
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Goodman Mosele, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ramahlwe Billiat steps up from the Chippa United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ramahlwe Billiat 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
Chippa United promote Andile Zungu from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andile Zungu 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Luther Dolly joins the Chippa United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luther Dolly is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
5 new faces, and Chippa United are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Boardroom Chippa United turn down the training-ground plan
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Boy Madingwana
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Asanele Bonani