Orlando Pirates

UMokwena uvule inhliziyo ngezikhathi ezibuhlungu emsebenzini wakhe

URulani Mokwena uvule inhliziyo yakhe waphuma emihlahlweni ayisalayo ngesikhathi sakhe e-Orlando Pirates lapho aphonswa khona emsebenzini ngaphandle kokucwengwa ngemva kwemidlalo embalwa.

Njengomqeqetshi ohloniphekile namhlanje, uMokwena uthi okwakwenzakala kuye ePirates kwamlimaza kakhulu.

Wafakwa njengomqeqetshi wesikhashana ngesikhathi se-2019/20 ngemva kokuhamba ngokuzumayo kukaMicho Sredojevic eqenjini.

Kodwa uthi ngemva kwemidlalo engaba ngu-13, ukuphatha kwePirates kwakubona ukuthi akanalo ulwazi olwaneleyo, kwabuye kwafakwa uJosef Zinnbauer ukuba athathe indawo yakhe.

UMokwena wabe esedluliselwa njengomsizi womqeqetshi, kodwa ngokungajwayelekile kamuva wathunyelwa eChippa United.

Esethula kulolunye uhlelo lwePodcast, uMokwena uvule inhliziyo yakhe ngalowo msebenzi owawunzima kakhulu empilweni yakhe yokufundisa ibhola.

“Pirates bathathe isinqumo, ngesikhathi ngingumqeqetshi… Ngemva kwemidlalo engaba ngu-13 ukuthi bafuna omunye umqeqetshi,” kusho uMokwena.

“Angikhulumi ngalokhu kanengi – kodwa kwakuyisikhathi esibuhlungu kakhulu emsebenzini wami wokufundisa ibhola – ukwehla ePirates.”

Uthi uSihlalo weklabhu u-Irvin Khoza wayengekho ekufuna ukuthi ahlale, kodwa wahlaselwa kakhulu waze wacina eshiya.

“Ngaleso sikhathi, kwakungekho okungicabangayo ngaphandle kokuphinde ngithole injabulo ebholeni.

Kwakungesiyo inkundla kuphela, kodwa ukuthola uthando lokufundisa ibhola futhi.”

UMokwena uthi usukhule kakhulu kusukela lapho, wafundisa amaqembu amakhulu e-Afrika afana neMamelodi Sundowns, Wydad Athletic, kanti manje useMc Alger.