Still InTouch With...

Mahoota, welcome to the fourth and final instalment of our Still in Touch.

- Zola Doda

Based on what you told us last week, now we all know about your infamous hand-shake celebration at Orlando Pirates, and that Benni McCarthy was actually signed to replace you.

Ja man, those were good old days, and I'm still proud of my time at Pirates and the fact that I was replaced by a player of international stature. That still ranks as one of my greatest achievements in football. That was very big. After I left Pirates, I joined Golden Arrows. When it's time to move, you just have to move on. In a football career, you will play for teams, have them in your heart, but when you have to join another team, you have to prepare for a new chapter and go and fight another battle. But it’s good that you leave on high having won many trophies because when you do that people will always remember what you did for the club. It's going to stay there. Look, there is no better time to leave any club, but at some point we all have to go.

Tell us about that Golden Arrows team; who were some of the characters behind the scenes...

We had a lot of good players like Collins Mbesuma, Siyabonga Nkosi, Thanduyise Khuboni, Njabulo Manqana, and Philani Shange. Later, Elrio van Heerden joined us. We had a good camaraderie, but you must remember that I was joining from Pirates, a team that had just won many trophies. So, the thinking was not the same. It was a bit different to what I was used to. But we had good players and Arrows was a team that was always going to play in the MTN8.