Johannesburg – Lowo owayengunozinti we-Orlando Pirates, uRichard Ofori, usevalelise ngokusemthethweni kumaBhakabhaka njengoba elungiselela ukuya kuMaZulu. Ngemuva kokuhlala amasizini amane kuPirates, u-Ofori ubeyingxenye yeqembu labadlali abadedelwe yiqembu ekupheleni kwesizini edlule. Lo nozinti waseGhana, owaziwa ngelika ‘The Black Cat,’ kubikwa ukuthi usezojoyina Usuthu.
Emlayezweni othinta inhliziyo owabiwe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, u-Ofori uzwakalise ukubonga kwakhe eqenjini, abasebenzi kanye nabalandeli ngokumeseka ngesikhathi ese-Orlando Pirates.
“Iminyaka embalwa edlule igcwele umusa namandla. IPirates ibisifana nekhaya kimina,” kubhala u-Ofori. Ubonge umndeni wePirates, okuhlanganisa abasebenzi, ithimba lezobuchwepheshe nabaphathi, ngokwenza indawo yokusebenza encomekayo, esho nokuthi u-4- uhambo lonyaka lwaluyinselele futhi luzuzisa.
U-Ofori uphinde wazinika isikhathi ukubonga ukwesekwa okungaguquki kwabalandeli bePirates, wathi, “Nonke naniyizinsika zami zamandla.” Uphethe umyalezo wakhe ngokubonga uSihlalo wePirates ngokumnika ithuba lokukhula njengomdlali nomuntu.
Njengoba u-Ofori eqala isahluko esisha naMaZulu, ushiya ngemuva izinkumbulo ezinhle nezilokotho ezinhle ku-Orlando Pirates.