The Chippa United Sentinel
Match8 Aug 2026
Nowhere to hide for Chippa United
0‑3 against Kaizer Chiefs, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Chippa United turn down Jomo Cosmos for Sinakhokonke Mthembu
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Dean Ngcobo joins the Chippa United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dean Ngcobo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Chippa United promote Themba Ngcobo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Themba Ngcobo 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Chippa United dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad10 Aug 2026
7 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Chippa United pick somebody else ahead of Boikanyo Komane
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Bongani Sam
- Player ratings Katlego Mohamme never got going
- Boardroom Chippa United turn down the training-ground plan