The Maritzburg United Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Maritzburg United make Kerfala Cissoko the dearest name in their history
$1.2M. Fees like that buy a footballer and rent a debate: every touch will be measured against the number for a season at least.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Darren Keet breaks a bone — 111 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 111 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Darren Keet keeps Maritzburg United in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Thulani Mabaso arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Thulani Mabaso has, at Maritzburg United, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad10 Aug 2026
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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Maritzburg United make their move for Mothobi Mvala
$95.0K 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.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Maritzburg United spend $1.2M on the signing the town wanted
It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $1.2M for Kerfala Cissoko, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Boca Juniors tell Maritzburg United: Miguel Ventos 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Maritzburg United against SuperSport United
0‑2 to SuperSport United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
In brief
- The dugout Darren Keet gets it from the manager
- Market One of our own: Teboho Khune joins the Maritzburg United first team
- Market Sifiso Williams steps up from the Maritzburg United academy