The Polokwane City Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Stefan Smarkalev rejects the move
Polokwane City had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Werder Bremen, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Match8 Aug 2026
Polokwane City come up short against Ajax Cape Town
Ajax Cape Town left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Polokwane City
Tlou Nkwe and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Bradley Grobler joins the Polokwane City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bradley Grobler 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
One of our own: Andile Mabunda joins the Polokwane City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andile Mabunda 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
Kermit Mkhize steps up from the Polokwane City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kermit 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Polokwane City promote Kermit Grobler from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kermit Grobler 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Brian Bwire 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Bonginkosi Dlamini ran the middle of the pitch — 6.63
He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 9 combined actions and a mark of 6.63, and not one of them will make a highlights package.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Transfer targets Polokwane City try to borrow Kevin Cataño
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Polokwane City