The Ajax Cape Town Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Mamelodi Sundowns come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Ajax Cape Town did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Themba Mokotjo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ramahlwe Williams signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ramahlwe Williams commits to Ajax Cape Town for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ajax Cape Town
Gift Mahlangu 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Sifiso Vilakazi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sifiso Vilakazi, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Ajax Cape Town on Morgan Mphela
He is 16, and nobody at Ajax Cape Town signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ajax Cape Town sign Itumeleng Mphela, one for the future
Itumeleng Mphela is 16, and Ajax Cape Town 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ajax Cape Town sign Erick Dala, one for the future
Erick Dala is 16, and Ajax Cape Town 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ramahlwe Williams knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ajax Cape Town, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Player ratings A day to forget for Gift Mahlangu
- Match Ajax Cape Town and Polokwane City cancel each other out