The Polokwane City Courier
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Puleng Marema takes the afternoon — 8.28
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Puleng Marema provided it, and the 8.28 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad17 Aug 2026
6 saves: Brian Bwire was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Market17 Aug 2026
SuperSport United come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Polokwane City did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tlou Nkwe 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 Polokwane City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match15 Aug 2026
Puleng Marema the difference as Polokwane City beat University of Pretoria
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Puleng Marema. 2‑0 against University of Pretoria, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Polokwane City
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kambala was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Appearance number 100 for Bonginkosi Dlamini
100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Lebogang Mkhize: “That is the standard”
“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 2‑0, already talking about the next one.
Looking ahead17 Aug 2026
A reunion for Malebogo Modise
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Maritzburg United in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
In brief
- The dugout Kambala does not fit this one
- Player ratings Thabang Matuludi shuts the door
- Market Keagile Malepe placed on the list