The Maritzburg United Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
The unthinkable, invoiced: Brooklyn Poggenpoel sold
Asante Kotoko arrived with $3.5M and left with the best player in the building. The board will call it business; the queue at the ticket office will use other words.
Match8 Aug 2026
A hiding for Maritzburg United
Beaten 0‑3 by SuperSport United, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Yeangel Montero is a medical away from Maritzburg United
The deal with Naxxar Lions is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
A $3.5M sale, and a town that did not want it
Brooklyn Poggenpoel has gone, the accounts have $3.5M in them, and the supporters have the feeling of having been sold something themselves. Good business and a good decision are not always the same thing.
Market10 Aug 2026
Maritzburg United say no — this time
The offer from SuperSport United for Luphumlo Sifumba was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Terrence Mashego 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 Maritzburg United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Maritzburg United rebuffed over Ignacio Moreno
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Rosario Central have kept their man, and Maritzburg United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Darren Keet gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eyes on Aden Dreyer again
The phone has started ringing about Aden Dreyer again, and this time the name on the line is Jomo Cosmos. Maritzburg United are listening politely and promising nothing.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Kermit Williams joins the Maritzburg United first team
- Player ratings Kyle Jurgens beats them one at a time
- Boardroom Nobody left the Maritzburg United dressing room in a hurry