The Jomo Cosmos Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sibongiseni Ngcobo 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 Jomo Cosmos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Jomo Cosmos
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Jomo Cosmos training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kabelo Mahlasela 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Kabelo Mahlasela runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jomo Cosmos promote Teboho Dolly from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Teboho Dolly 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Keagan Williams steps up from the Jomo Cosmos academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Keagan Williams 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
One of our own: Ramahlwe Mahlangu joins the Jomo Cosmos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ramahlwe Mahlangu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 Aug 2026
Free State Stars take the points off Jomo Cosmos
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market10 Aug 2026
Branden Matsila told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Branden Matsila has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Jomo Cosmos.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Jomo Cosmos
- Squad Jomo Cosmos pick somebody else ahead of Odwa Bushula
- Squad A first senior shirt for Ntando Tshwana