Rulani Mokwena’s reason for leaving Orlando Pirates revealed. Rhulani is one of the best young South African coaches. Pirates gave him a chance but things did not go that well for him during his days as a coach at Orlando Pirates ,so the management hired Josef Zinnbauer as head coach .
“When the new Orlando Pirates coach [Josef Zinnbauer] arrived, and of course, through words and certain things, I could see that it was going to be a difficult environment. And the right decision was for the chairman to allow me to go overseas and, thereafter, I still continued on my sabbatical,” Mokwena told Lesedi FM.
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“But while I was still on that sabbatical, the chairman of Chippa United [Siviwe Mpengesi] gave me a call because he was also caught with pants down in a situation that Norman Mapeza had resigned,” added Mokwena.
“So, when Norman Mapeza resigned, I got the call from Chippa, the chairman, even though it’s surprising because there were advises from people to say, ‘don’t bring that guy’.
“He told me he had to follow his instincts.
“So, there was an agreement with the chairman himself, Dr. Khoza and he gave me his blessings that I continue the rest of my contract at Chippa United.
“So, that’s how it [the move to Chippa] came about.”
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