UArthur Zwane ubonga uKaizer Motaung ngobukhulu bakhe

UArthur Zwane uthi akekho amazwi aneleko wokukhuluma ngokubonga kwakhe umsunguli nomphathi weKaizer Chiefs, uKaizer Motaung, otjhentjwe iminyaka eli-81 ngoLwesine.

“Nangikhuluma ngomphathi, ngihlala ngizizwa nginokudlidliza emzimbeni,” kutjho uZwane. “Ngikhona lapho ngikhona namhlanje ngenxa yakhe.”

Igama lakaMotaung liyingxenye yomoya webhola lezinyawo laseSewula Afrika uphawu lombono, ubuholi kanye nekhwalithi ephezulu.

Ngesikhathi eneminyaka ema-25, ngo-1970, uMotaung wasungula iKaizer Chiefs.

Lokho okwathi kwaqalwa njengeliphupho kwaba yinyakazo indawo lapho ubuciko buhlangana khona nokuzithiba, nendawo lapho abatjha baseSewula Afrika bathola ithemba khona ngebhola.

Kusukela lapho, iChiefs ikhule yaba yinkulu yamasiko, iqembu elithandwa ngaphezu kwemingcele yeSewula Afrika.

Umthelela kaKaizer Motaung umenze waqashelwa emhlabeni woke, wathola i-Order of Ikhamanga, waphinde wafakwa kuSouth African Hall of Fame.

UZwane, odlalele iChiefs imidlalo engaphezu kweyi-250 waphumelela neendebe eziyi-12, uthi uMotaung ubumbe ukuphila kwakhe.

Ngemva kokushiya iChiefs ngoMphalanga wonyaka odlulileko, uZwane wajoyina iAmaZulu, lapho asebenza khona njengomqeqeshi omkhulu.

Kodwana uzohlala ebonga ngokuthi uMotaung kanye neKaizer Chiefs bamenzeleni yena kanye nomsebenzi wakhe.

“Umbono wakhe wakhe ikhaya kithi sonke,” kutjho uZwane. “Sizohlala simgubhela sibonge.”