Times of Eswatini

From top striker to illegal ‘goat’ hunter

We usually hear of a coup in political positions, but we’ve never thought it can happen in football.

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our roots will not be a bad thing. After our recent downgrade from VVIP tickets to VIP for events, we are looking to explore the option of cutting on our food budget by going back to our roots of investing in farming. Asisho leligwayi lelikhulu laka-Hhohho, but we mean commercial farming in a bid to supplement our budget on top of cutting on expenditur­e of food items we can produce ourselves. Gazi, we can’t be wailing about hikes every week when there is nothing we are doing about it.

Talking of going back to the roots has reminded us of this juicy story we’ve been keeping in the freezer for the past weeks while trying to test the veracity of the claims. Umlangeni in charge of this publicatio­n is very strict, so as Shwashwaza crew we can’t take chances. We have to be sure we do our homework before submitting anything. Without wasting time, asivele sicondze endzabeni.

Gazi we know things are tough, but we didn’t see this one coming. We’ve been wondering about the disappeara­nce of this speedy and predatory striker wangala singeke sisho khona, kepha yena udlalile kakhulu kuleli watitfokot­isa tihlwelwe temacembu lawadlalel­i. He also once played for two of the country’s big teams langatsele­lani emanti.

We have since been told that the player has found a new hobby – hunting game (wild animals). Wait…the player is not only hunting prey, but he is taking it a step further by hunting even the goats he finds in the wild. Yes, you heard it right – he also hunts the stray goats lemahlatsi­ni. Batsi akadlali uyasuntula ngalesagil­a embutini, ngumshayi nje longayi emuva even in his new hobby. Gazi we know strikers should have instincts of a poacher, but we’ll leave no stone unturned in trying to solve the mystery around the player’s unexpected and risky adventure. Phew. Unzima lomthwalo. Sitayicela ivutsiwe.

“I was told to send money and passport so that my VISA applicatio­n can be processed of which I did. After three weeks of doing that, I got the visa and I called to enquire to the agent if the VISA was authentic before leaving my country and she told me it was. It is my first time to find myself in this situation and I want to go back home. I thought leaving my country of birth will open dreams for me,” said a Nigerian female football player who was arrested in possession of fraudulent documentat­ion at the King Mswati III Internatio­nal Airport a few days ago.

“I would love to see ‘Sikhali’ playing for AmaZulu. This is where he will get game time compared to signing for a bigger club. I told him this morning when I was chatting to him,” said South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns Superfan Bullie James in reaction to Sihlangu marksman Sabelo ‘Sikhali’ Ndzinisa’s impressive showing during the COSAFA Cup.

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