The Bidvest Wits Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
8 saves: Itumeleng Khune was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Simphiwe Selepe
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Bidvest Wits have done the hard part with Orlando Pirates, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Bidvest Wits
Happy Mashiane and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Bidvest Wits make their move for Tsiki Ntsabeleng
$68.0K on the table at Mamelodi Sundowns. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Chippa United tell Bidvest Wits: Thabang Molaoa is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Khotso Malope
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Khotso Malope, and the manager let it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Siyethemba Sithebe is a square peg at Bidvest Wits
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Bidvest Wits pick somebody else ahead of Marks Munyai
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Luther Khune signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luther Khune commits to Bidvest Wits for another 3 years.
In brief
- Market Siyabonga Buda is free to find somewhere else
- Market Bidvest Wits and Reece Braithwaite are talking past each other
- The dugout The manager’s verdict