MASTERPIECES MORIPE IS GONE The news of Lucas “Masterpieces” Moripe's passing spread quickly throughout Phelindaba and South Africa like wildfire. Born and bred in Atteridgeville, a township west of Pretoria, Moripe's journey to becoming a football legend was nothing short of remarkable. His extraordinary talent, dedication, and unwavering passion for the game has earned him a...
By Andile Dladla and Mandla Dladla A lot of South African players are becoming entrepreneurs and trying to correct the misconception that when they stop playing, the majority do not know what to do with their lives and consequently end up depressed and wallowing in self-pity and eventually drowning their sorrows in alcohol. Not everybody is cut...
By Andile Dladla & Mandla Dladla Few people might be aware of even know a man named Kevin Mudie who struggled for almost three months to break into the all-conquering Durban City side but when he eventually did, never looked back. He received his big break in a crucial match against then star-studded Moroka Swallows who boasted...
Tebogo Moloi was described as an elegant passer of the ball and a chip off the old block, meaning being the son of legendary Percy “Chippa-Chippa” Moloi, he displayed all the attributes of the great Chippa. He reveals why at one stage of his career he sported a ponytail, how it was like being raised...
Two former professional football players – one a goalkeeper and the other a striker – who both at different stages of their careers played for Moroka Swallows, passed away on the same day this week. I received news that legendary Moroka Swallows striker David Dolo, one of the feared strikers during the halcyon days of the...
Daniel "Vader" Mophosho, a long time servant of Moroka Swallows and a player considered one of South Africa's finest attacking midfielders during his playing days, passed on late on Tuesday evening following a long illness. Bafana Bafana former coach Ephraim "Shakes" Mashaba, a man who played alongside Mophosho at Swallows for many years, was stunned into...
