The Bidvest Wits Gazette
Match9 Sep 2026
Bidvest Wits march on in the cup
Polokwane City are out and Bidvest Wits go through, 3‑2 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Match9 Sep 2026
Bidvest Wits win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 117th minute. Polokwane City will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Itumeleng Khune stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market14 Sep 2026
Sifiso Lorch puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Bidvest Wits, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match12 Sep 2026
Solly Khunyedi’s goal not enough for Bidvest Wits
Solly Khunyedi scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Kaizer Chiefs, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Kabelo Mahlasela falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Bidvest Wits
Mduduzi Shabalala 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.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
The crowd has taken to Mduduzi Shabalala
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Zuko Mdunyelwa gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Player ratings Sello Jaftha was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Squad The formation has left Solly Khunyedi behind