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AKAKUTHATHANGA njengebhadi ukubanjwa inkunzi esiyazama inhlanhla umdlali waseShowe, uLwazi “Mugabe” Mgwaba, ongomunye wabacine bekhethwe eqenjini leNedbank Ke Yona ka-2018.
UMgwaba (19), ohlala eShayamoya, KwaMashu, uzitholele indawo labadlali abangu-15 okukhangelelwe ukuthi bahlule ompetha beNedbank Cup okokuqala kulumncintiswano. Iqembu leKe Yona lidlala lele-Absa Premiership eselinqobe iNedbank Cup minyaka yonke.
UMgwaba ubekade esebuya okwesibili ukuzozama ukungena eqenjini leKe Yona elikhuzwa ngabaqeqeshi uKhabo Zondo wodumo kuLamontville Golden Arrows lo-Ephraim “Shakes” Mashaba obekade epheka iBafana Bafana.
UMgwaba utshele leli phephandaba ukuthi inswelaboya zimephuce konke abekuphethe ngesikhathi elibangise eqenjini lenkezo yeKe Yona eGoli. Lokhu kwenzeke esititshini sesitimela eThembalihle.
“Bangiphethe iselula yami lesikhwama sezimphahla. Bengilinde ukugibela isitimela noma yibhasi ngoba ebengizoya ngaso eGoli ebusuku ngo-10. Ngifike lapha eGoli ngingasaphethe lutho. Impahla zokugqoka bengisizwa yilezi abasinika zona lapha,” kutsho uMgwaba obekungokwesibili efinyelela kwabangu-23 bokucina.
“Kodwa lokhu akungithenanga amandla. Angikuthathanga njengebhadi kodwa kungenze ngabona ukuthi kukhona okukhulu engizokuthola. Besibanengi esititshini kodwa baqonda mina nje kuphela bangibamba inkunzi.”
IKwaZulu-Natal itshaya ngabadlali abathathu eqenjini leKe Yona. Ngaphandle kukaMgwaba, kukhona uNkanyiso Nene waseMgungundlovu oqokwe njengokaputeni weqembu loSbonelo Majozi waseMlazi.
UMgwaba, ongumgadli, usemabhukwini eqembu leLamontville Golden Arrows elidlala kwiSAB League.
Useke wagijima KwaMashu United leKwaMashu All Stars eqeqetshwa nguTsepo Ntsoane esanda kugawulwa yizembe ku-ABC Motsepe League.
“Ngijabule kakhulu ngoba nyakenye ngingenile kwabangu-23 ngacina ngingafikanga kwabangu-18.
Bengitshaya umgwaqo, ngijima. Abantu bebethi intombi yami libhola, ngiyahlanya. Kodwa nanko ukuhlanya kwami, ngingenile kwabangu-16 manje.
“Okungenze ngabuya yikuthi ngilephupho lokudlala ku-Absa Premiership, ngidlale kuBafana lakuCAF, iNdebe yoMhlaba, laphetsheya kolwandle uma kwenzeka,” kutsho uMgwaba.
Mayelana lokudibana lentshantshu zeNedbank uthe:
“IStars kufanele itshaye amabhola amathathu nxa ifuna ukunqoba umdlalo ngoba thina sizowatshaya amabili noma kanjani.”
