The Orlando Pirates Chronicle
Squad7 Dec 2026
Sipho Chaine wins the shoot-out
2 kept out from twelve yards, and a stadium that will describe each of them for twenty years. A goalkeeper needs one night like this in a career, and this was it.
Match2 Dec 2026
Boitumelo Radiopane sends Orlando Pirates through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Boitumelo Radiopane obliged against Golden Arrows. 1‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Orlando Pirates.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Daniel Msendami says Orlando Pirates went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market7 Dec 2026
Relebohile Mofokeng attracts admirers
The name of Relebohile Mofokeng has come up in conversations Orlando Pirates were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Nobody could get near Deon Hotto
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market7 Dec 2026
Only the photograph left for Kabelo Moagi
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Kabelo Moagi will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Orlando Pirates the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Orlando Pirates
Yanela Mbuthuma 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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words at Orlando Pirates training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Deon Hotto is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Loan watch7 Dec 2026
Nkosikhona Ndaba counts the days
“I watch every Orlando Pirates game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Kaizer Chiefs runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
In brief
- Match Orlando Pirates make home a hard place to visit
- Match Thalente Mbatha the difference as Orlando Pirates beat Chippa United
- Player ratings One of those days for Thalente Mbatha