The Chippa United Sentinel
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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Siyabonga Mabena, 19, steals the show — 7.67
Marked 7.67 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Neo Bohloko
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Chippa United have done the hard part with Kaizer Chiefs, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ethan Garcia turns down Chippa United
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Mamelodi Sundowns keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Chippa United
Goodman Mosele and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Chippa United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abbubaker Mobara 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Mamelodi Sundowns tell Chippa United: Cassius Mailula is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match8 Aug 2026
Siyabonga Mabena’s goal not enough for Chippa United
Siyabonga Mabena scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Kaizer Chiefs, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market10 Aug 2026
Thamsanqa Mkhize steps up from the Chippa United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thamsanqa Mkhize 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: Evidence Tau joins the Chippa United first team
- Market Chippa United promote Luther Jali from within
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Karabo Molefe