Erick Phiri

Right Forward - Maritzburg United U18
9 Oct 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Erick Phiri

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The Maritzburg United Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Darren Keet

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Jean Lwamba signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jean Lwamba commits to Maritzburg United for another 3 years.

Squad

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.

Match

Luphumlo Sifumba’s goal not enough for Maritzburg United

Luphumlo Sifumba scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to SuperSport United, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

Words at Maritzburg United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Brooklyn Poggenpoel 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.

Market

Liam De Kock told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Liam De Kock has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Maritzburg United.

Market

48 months and counting on Kyle Jurgens

Still no offer on the table, and Kyle Jurgens’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Market

A long bet from Maritzburg United on Sifiso Manyama

He is 16, and nobody at Maritzburg United signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Market

Maritzburg United sign Erick Phiri, one for the future

Erick Phiri is 16, and Maritzburg United have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

In brief