The University of Pretoria Herald
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
University of Pretoria close the window on a squad of their own making
13 in and 19 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Divine Lunga turns down University of Pretoria
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Mamelodi Sundowns keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Ronaldo Maarman 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Samuel Julies 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 University of Pretoria this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A step back for Samuel Julies at University of Pretoria
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Jody Ah Shene named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Jody Ah Shene is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Bantu Chingi
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Looking ahead7 Sep 2026
Abel Mabaso faces his old club
Black Aces next, and one man in the University of Pretoria dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
Market7 Sep 2026
Bongumusa Nkosi placed on the list
University of Pretoria have made Bongumusa Nkosi available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
In brief
- The dugout Bongumusa Nkosi asks for a word with the manager
- Market The window shut and Mcebisi Langa is still in the building
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for University of Pretoria