Motaung dynasty is about family
Kaizer Motaung, the chairman and founder of Amakhosi, born on October 16, 1944, in Orlando East, Soweto, is a family man.
He has been married to Valeta Julegka for over 40 years, and they have four children who form the Motaung dynasty at Chiefs as they are deeply involved in the day to day running of the club that has come to be known as the “Kaizer Chiefs family”, encompassing its millions of fans.
Over the years, Motaung’s son Bobby has worked as the football manager. Daughter Jessica is the commercial and marketing director, son Kaizer Jnr is a former footballer and the club’s sporting director, and daughter Kemiso is head of digital.
Bobby, 52, has had a love-hate relationship with hordes of Amakhosi fans after he declared in 2011 that the club was a “family business” when supporters called for him to step down, accusing him of meddling in the signing up of players by overruling coaches. He received a lot of backlash for his comments as the fans believed he was partly responsible for dry spell of not winning trophies over the last seven seasons. He finally came out to clarify his utterances
In May, Jessica, 48, a former beauty queen, was appointed to the Confederation of African Football’s Organising Committee for Women Football Standing Committee from 2022-2024. She’s had a successful career in marketing and in building the
Chiefs brand.
Kaizer Jnr, 40, is a former footballer, spent the 2007/08 season in Europe with German Second Division outfit, 1860 Munich before returning to play for Chiefs.
He is touted to succeed his father as chairman.
Kemiso, 32, oversees all things related to the club’s website.
Following Banyana Banyana’s Wafcon victory, she announced that the long-awaited Kaizer Chiefs women’s team will be launched this season.