The Platinum Stars Courier
Match8 Aug 2026
A hiding for Platinum Stars
Beaten 0‑4 by Orlando Pirates, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Market10 Aug 2026
Siyabonga Phiri asks to leave Platinum Stars
“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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Platinum Stars make their move for Kermit Lorch
$1.0M on the table at Black Aces. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Gopolang Taunyane
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Platinum Stars have done the hard part with Kaizer Chiefs, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Siyabonga Phiri stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Siyabonga Phiri and Platinum Stars agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Siyabonga Phiri in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Platinum Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Platinum Stars
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Platinum Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Themba Mahlangu 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Platinum Stars promote Keagan Tau from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Keagan Tau 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Rivaldo Ngcobo joins the Platinum Stars first team
- Market Rivaldo Grobler steps up from the Platinum Stars academy
- Boardroom Nobody left the Platinum Stars dressing room in a hurry