The Mamelodi Sundowns Sentinel
Squad3 Aug 2026
A career in one shirt: Themba Zwane
14 seasons and 312 appearances, all of them here. Careers like this are not designed; they happen to a certain kind of man at a certain kind of club, and this town has one.
Market3 Aug 2026
Mamelodi Sundowns turn down Académico de Viseu for Arthur Sales
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market3 Aug 2026
Eyes on Iqraam Rayners again
The phone has started ringing about Iqraam Rayners again, and this time the name on the line is Watford. Mamelodi Sundowns are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market3 Aug 2026
Teboho Mokoena raises the bar for Mamelodi Sundowns
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Mamelodi Sundowns heard it as anything else.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Khuliso Mudau signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Khuliso Mudau commits to Mamelodi Sundowns for another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Marcelo Allende wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Mamelodi Sundowns know it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Mamelodi Sundowns
Ronwen Williams and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nobody at Mamelodi Sundowns has picked up the phone to Khuliso Mudau
36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Iqraam Rayners asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Looking ahead Grant Kekana goes back to face University of Pretoria
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Mamelodi Sundowns