I-Kaizer Chiefs Iseziyalweni: Umgadli Oseqhulwini uThabo ‘Thunder’ Mokoena Uxabane Nomqeqeshi Omkhulu Engxabanweni Enkulu
Izindaba zakamuva ezivela enkambini yeKaizer Chiefs zidalula ukuthi kube nokungaboni ngasolinye phakathi kukaThabo “Thunder” Mokoena, ongumgadli oseqhulwini weqembu, nomqeqeshi omkhulu, uJabulani Mkhize. Le ngxabano ibonakala yenzeke ngesikhathi kuqhubeka ukuziqeqesha kwesonto eledlule eNaturena.
Ngokwemithombo eduze neqembu, ingxabano ibonakala iqale ngesikhathi umqeqeshi ehambisa imiyalelo ethile ebekungathi ayilandelwa ngendlela uMokoena abekulindeleke ngayo. UMokoena, owaziwa ngokuzimisela nokusebenza kanzima enkundleni, kubikwa ukuthi uzwakalise ukungahambisani nesinqumo somqeqeshi, okwagcina ngokuphenduka impikiswano enokushuba.
Lolu daba seludale ukukhathazeka okukhulu kubalandeli beKaizer Chiefs, ikakhulukazi njengoba uMokoena ungomunye wabadlali ababalulekile eqenjini. Useke waba ngumthombo wamagoli amaningi kule sizini, futhi ubalwa njengomdlali obalulekile ekulweni kweChiefs ukuthola izicoco kule sizini.
Umqeqeshi uMkhize usanda kuphawula ngalesi sigameko, wathi: “Izinto ezinjena ziyenzeka emaqenjini aphambili. Akusikho ukungazwani okungathi kuzolimaza iqembu, kodwa okubalulekile ukuthi sikhulume njengabantu abadala. UMokoena usengumdlali obalulekile eqenjini lethu, futhi akukho okuzoshintsha ngalokho.”
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uMokoena naye uphawule ngalesi sigameko, etshela izintatheli ukuthi: “Ngiyaxolisa ngokuthi izinto zifike kuleli zinga, kodwa injongo yami kwakungukuthuthukisa iqembu. Ngihlale ngizimisele ukwenza kahle futhi ngizophinde ngisebenze ngokuzikhandla njengakuqala.”
Njengamanje, abaphathi beqembu bathi bazosebenza kanzima ukulungisa isimo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi le ngxabano ayiphazamisi ukudlala kweqembu. Kubalulekile ukuthi iKaizer Chiefs ibuyisele umoya wokubambisana phakathi komqeqeshi nabadlali njengoba beyibheke izinsuku ezibalulekile zomqhudelwano.
Abalandeli bangamathemba okuthi lesi simo sizolungiswa ngokushesha, futhi iqembu lizobuyela endleleni yokunqoba, ngenhloso yokujabulisa izinkumbi zabalandeli abazinikele.