Former Bafana and Amakhosi player Sekgotha in rehab centre

Winger joins two other players who are also drying out

- By Nakampe Lekwadu

Former Bafana Bafana and Kaizer Chiefs winger, Kgaogelo Sekgotha, has been discreetly admitted to the Hope of Achievers Rehabilitation Centre, situated in Segwashi village, east of Polokwane in Limpopo in a bid to blow a final whistle against his substance abuse.

The 27-year-old, who is currently playing for Northern Cape club Upington City in the Motsepe Foundation Championship is alleged to have succumbed to the shackles of substance abuse, particularly marijuana, from which he is striving to liberate himself.

According to sources close to the player, his family and intimate friends grew increasingly worried about Sekgotha's declining football career and attributed it to his uncontrollable substance use, prompting them to seek assistance from the rehabilitation centre.

"We acted promptly in accordance with his family's request, and our team located him at a venue where he was engaged in drinking with friends. Our security personnel acted decisively while he was preoccupied there and escorted him to the centre," stated Watson Luandi, the owner of the rehabilitation centre.