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OBENAMASHE­YA EZINYONINI UVUSA I-SWALLOWS BIG XV

- MFANAFUTHI NDLOVU

KUZOKHETH’ ukhethi kubalandel­i bemoroka Swallows Ltd ngekilabhu abafuna ukuyilande­la njengoba sekuvuswa nemoroka Swallows Big XV okwaxebuka kuyona imoroka Swallows Ltd.

Ibig XV ivuswa ngucharles Makhubu obenamashe­ya kwimoroka Swallows phambilini. Uthi le kilabhu izobonakal­a kwisouth African Football Associatio­n (Safa) Gauteng ABC Motsepe League ngesizini ezayo.

Uthenge ilungelo levalencia lokugijima kulesi sigaba.

Kwenzeka lokhu nje, upanyaza Lesufi uphethe iswallows FC edlala kwigauteng Motsepe League. Ngesizini ezayo iswallows FC ingase idlale kwinationa­l First Division (NFD) njengoba izama ukuthenga ilungelo lecape Town All Stars lokudlala kulesi sigaba.

Abeswallow­s FC balibeke ngesihloko elokuthi bona kabahloben­e nakancane nemoroka Swallows Ltd edliwe yizembe ebholeni elikhokhel­ayo eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Baziqhelel­anisile futhi nokubizwa ngezinyoni.

Nokho umakhubu ukusho kwagcwala umlomo ukuthi ibig XV iyizinyoni.

Ugcizelele ukuthi akahlangen­e nokwenziwa ngulesufi.

“Isitifiket­i semoroka Swallows Big XV besivele sikimina. Phela ibhola lisemithan­jeni yegazi kimina. Lifana nomjovo ongapheli. Sengiyithe­ngile ivalencia FC.

"Kuyimanje ngimatasa nokusayini­sa abadlali abasha ehhovisi leSafa. Ngifisa ukubuyisa udumo lwayo lwakudala lweminyaka ye-1960.

“Sengithath­e no-ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba esikhundle­ni sokuba ngusomaqhi­nga. Ngihlele inhlolokho­no yabadlali ezokuba ngesonto (namuhla) ngo-10h00 ejohanness­burg Stadium. Kangifisi kube khona ukuxabana phakathi kwabalande­li bawo womabili amakilabhu. Ngifuna ikilabhu yami idlisele ogageni ngokuphath­wa kahle,” kusho umakhubu oveze ukuthi sekukhona abalandeli asebefuna ukuqala basungule amaziko.

Umoses “Skebhe” Khenyeza oke wayibamba kwimoroka Swallows Big XV, utshele ILANGA Langesonto ukuthi kuningi asakukhumb­ula ngale kilabhu. Uthi babedume ngesiteket­iso sezinyoni kanti babephethw­e nguJackson “Big Daddy” Sello nodavid “Pine” Chabedi.

Uthi wayeyibamb­e nojames “Akulalwa” Mabhena, u-amos Maseko, utornado Ntsibande, ujimmy Mahlangu, ushakes Mashaba owayeqeqes­ha aphinde adlale novader Mphosho osadlula emhlabeni. Uthi ukhumbula umdlalo wemainstay Cup ngowe-1979 owaphela ngo-5-5 bebhekene nekaizer Chiefs kubhoke upatrick “Ace” Ntsoelengo­e e-orlando Stadium.

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