Jomo Cosmos U18

South African Premier Soccer League U18
31 Aug 2026
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The Jomo Cosmos Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

The paperwork begins on Themba Grobler

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Jomo Cosmos have done the hard part with Free State Stars, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Jomo Cosmos

Judas Moseamedi 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tshidiso Monamodi 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.

Match22 Aug 2026

Bidvest Wits take the points off Jomo Cosmos

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Siyabonga Makhoba 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.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Sifiso Zungu answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Mooketsi Phindela is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Jomo Cosmos ask about Aden Dreyer

A loan enquiry to Maritzburg United: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Jayden Adams is a square peg at Jomo Cosmos

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

In brief

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The Jomo Cosmos Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad17 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Siyabonga Makhoba

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Samukelo Zikalala, 21, steals the show — 7.66

Marked 7.66 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

A goal and an assist for Judas Moseamedi — 7.93

Involvement in 2 goals, from a player who spent the ninety minutes doing the thing a manager actually wants: being where the ball was going to end up. 7.93 beside his name.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Jomo Cosmos

Judas Moseamedi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match15 Aug 2026

6 goals as Jomo Cosmos and Golden Arrows go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Jomo Cosmos and Golden Arrows, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

Match15 Aug 2026

Judas Moseamedi’s goal not enough for Jomo Cosmos

Judas Moseamedi scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑4 to Golden Arrows, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Gerald Ndlovu runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Door shut on Sboniso Madonsela

Jomo Cosmos asked and Golden Arrows said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Romario Dlamini 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

2 Edition

The Jomo Cosmos Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match8 Aug 2026

A hiding for Jomo Cosmos

Beaten 1‑4 by Free State Stars, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Siyabonga Makhoba

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Gomolemo Kekana is a medical away from Jomo Cosmos

The deal with Mamelodi Sundowns is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Jomo Cosmos

Judas Moseamedi 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.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Door shut on Lwandiso Radebe

Jomo Cosmos asked and Mamelodi Sundowns said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Luther Grobler joins the Jomo Cosmos first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luther Grobler is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Bradley Mokoena joins the Jomo Cosmos first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bradley Mokoena is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Ronwen Furman joins the Jomo Cosmos first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ronwen Furman is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

Luther Dolly steps up from the Jomo Cosmos academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luther Dolly has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief

1 Edition

The Jomo Cosmos Post

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

A career in one shirt: Matsi Sono

12 seasons and 154 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Matsi Sono stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Matsi Sono and Jomo Cosmos agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Judas Moseamedi 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 Jomo Cosmos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Mamelodi Sundowns tell Jomo Cosmos: Cassius Mailula 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Sifiso Nkosi told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Sifiso Nkosi has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Jomo Cosmos.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Judas Moseamedi is a square peg at Jomo Cosmos

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

Market3 Aug 2026

Jomo Cosmos and Matsi Sono are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

A loan move for Gomolemo Kekana is in the works

Jomo Cosmos have made the call to Mamelodi Sundowns. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Jomo Cosmos ask about Samukelo Zikalala

A loan enquiry to Orlando Pirates: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief