Augustine Makalakalane: “Angisakhulumi NoJomo Sono”
UAugustine ‘Mthakathi’ Makalakalane, uvule inhliziyo yakhe ngekungavumelani kwakhe okude nomlingani webhola uJomo Sono.
Ekukhulumeni kwakhe neRadio 200 ngeliviki, uMakalakalane uveze ukuthi washiya iCosmos ngoba abadlali babengakhokhelwa, okwamenza wathatha isinqumo sokufuna amathuba phesheya kwezilwandle.
Ngo-1990 wajoyina iFC Zürich eSwitzerland, wabuye wadlalela iFC Baden ngaphambi kokubuyela eZürich.
Ngokutsho kukaAugustine Makalakalane, uJomo Sono wafuna imali yokusayinisa lapho ayehamba khona eYurophu — into ayala ngokuphelele.
“Ngathola umsebenzi eFC Zürich ngokwami, ngakho akukho okwangibophela kuSono futhi,” watsho.
“Nanje asikhulumi. Noba singahlangana ku-elevator eyodwa, asisoze sakhuluma.
“Ngathatha ukudla emlonyeni wakhe ngesikhathi ngala ukumupha imali yokusayinisa.”
UMakalakalane uphinde wathi uSono wabamba umhlaba ngomdlali ongasekho, uThomas ‘Tshintsha’ Madigage, esithi uSono wayefuna imali enengi kakhulu kumathimba aseYurophu ayefuna ukumthenga.
“UMadigage wayefunwa yiManchester United, iManchester City kanye leSporting Lisbon,” kutsho uMakalakalane.
“Kodwa ngenxa yezimfuneko eziphakemeyo zikaSono, lawo mathimba aphuma.”
Emva kwesikhathi sakhe eSwitzerland, uMakalakalane wabuyela ekhaya ngo-1997 wajoyina iMamelodi Sundowns, lapho asiza khona iqembu ukunqoba izicoco ezintathu zeligi zilandelana ngaphansi kukaTed Dumitru.
UMakalakalane uthathwa njengomunye wabavuli bomnyango webhola laseNingizimu Afrika ngemva kobandlululo, futhi wayengomunye wabadlali beqembu lokuqala leBafana Bafana ngo-1992.
Waphinde wasiza iNingizimu Afrika ukunqoba indebe yeAfrica Cup of Nations ngo-1996 ngaphansi kukaClive Barker, lapho ayedume khona ngezicathulo zakhe ezimhlophe, ezazingajwayelekile ngaleso sikhathi.
