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POLOKWANE CITY’S PULENG TLOLANE (PART 1)

- By Tshepang Mailwane

Puleng, let’s get straight into it. The first story I can think of is about Edgar Manaka. That guy is a liar, ha, ha. So much that he lies even when he says “and” or “the”. I was staying in the same complex as him. One Monday, we were supposed to go to training together. He stayed on the other side of the complex and I stayed closer to the gate. I sent him a WhatsApp (text) at about 07h00 to ask him what time we’d be leaving. He responded to say we’d be leaving at 09h00, but he did not tell me that o ko kasi ko (that he’s in the township in) Ga-Matlala. It’s about an hour away from Polokwane, so I waited. The clock hit 08h00, then 08h30 and then 09h00. At the time, I was not aware that there was Taxify, Bolt and Uber (e-hailing services). Training was starting at 09h30.

Eish!

I called him. He was not answering, but he was online (on WhatsApp). He sent me a text saying I should use Taxify because he was already at training. He went straight to training from Ga-Matlala. I did not have the Taxify app. Since that day, we called that guy “Rra Maka” (Mr Liar). That guy can lie. My car had a problem at the time and he was the one giving me a lift.

So, you were late for training?

I called the team manager and told him that I was making plans to get to training. Luckily, the coaches were also late for training. I downloaded the Taxify app and spent two weeks not speaking to Manaka, ha, ha, ha.

Ha, ha, ha. There’s Wiseman Maluleka. I call that guy “Judas” and he knows it, ha, ha, ha. You see, when we talk about Judas Iscariot, we talk about Wiseman Maluleka. You know what that guy does? He can come to you wanting gossip about someone and then he can go to that person and want gossip as well, ha, ha, ha. That’s Wiseman Maluleka for you. He can go around the whole team looking for news. His car has stickers of about 15 pastors from different churches… Pastor Maluleke, Pastor Bushiri, Pastor What-what. So, I asked him, “What’s up with you? Ke wena ngwana wa Modimo, mara wa seba (You are a child of God, but you gossip)?” Ha, ha.

Sure…

You see now he is playing at Black Leopards? He likes to call me, wanting to know what’s happening here (at Polokwane City). Nagana, mfwethu (Imagine, my guy). I wonder if there is no one he can gossip with there. He says he misses me because he always wanted to gossip with me. He would come to me – gossip. And then he

would go to someone else – gossip. You will end up fighting because of him, ha, ha. That guy is funny.

Sounds like one of those very funny characters to have in the team. Since he has a nose for news, maybe he must come work for the Siya crew when his playing days are over, ha, ha, ha. Also, when it comes to clothes, he could dress funny. He would wear jeans and then those sharp-nosed shoes. I don’t understand him, ha, ha. He also liked wearing the team’s travelling clothes even when we were not going to a game. He wanted to be seen that he was a Polokwane City player, ha, ha.

More, more, more, brother. There’s a funny story I have about Sammy Seabi. So, this other day, after training, he said he would come over to my place for us to play PlayStatio­n. When he got there, he found that my wife had cooked oxtail. My wife dished up and we had the oxtail, so while I was driving him back home afterwards, he asked what we were having. I told him it was oxtail. He said I should show him where we buy it because he wanted to buy it. At the end of the month, he said we should go and buy the oxtail. When we got there, we found that it cost in the region of R190. So, he was like, “Aowa! Aowa, monna (No ways, my man).” The people at Checkers thought I was fighting with him. He was like “Nna nka se e reke (I won’t buy it).”

That’s crazy!

Then I suggested that we should buy the cheaper one, which was about R90, and he was like, “Aowa! Aowa!” He made me laugh that day. He was enjoying the food, so he wanted to buy it, but when he got to the shop, he chickened out big time. You know what he used to buy for groceries? I don’t know now, but he used to buy maize meal, eggs and a 5kg braai pack, ha, ha. That was it. Maybe now he has changed because he is that side (Johannesbu­rg). I am sure now he buys two oxtails, ha, ha.

Ha, ha, ha. Food prices are too expensive these days, Puleng. It’s been a pleasure speaking to you this week. Thanks, my brother.

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