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ZIMBABWEAN duo of goalkeeper Elvis Chipezeze and striker Edmore Chirambadare bounced back into the South African Premiership as Magesi FC confirmed their automatic promotion from the Motsepe Foundation Championship on Sunday.
Magesi defeated Milford FC 3-1 to open an unassailable 18-point lead at the top of the table.
Chipezeze (34) has been at Magesi since October 2022, having joined Baroka in the South African Premiership from Chicken Inn in 2018 until the end of the 2021/22 season when his contract expired, rendering him club-less for three months.
Chirambadare, who played for Tsholotsho and Chicken Inn in the Premier Soccer League, has been in South Africa since 2016 when he moved to Kaizer Chiefs and has moved from one club to another within the neighbouring country. After flopping at Chiefs, Chirambadare moved to Maccabi FC Johannesburg, Real Kings, Royal AM, Steenburg, P Callies, Venda and now Magesi where he moved during the January transfer window this year.
Meanwhile, Magesi chairman, Solly Makhubela, has opened up on what it took to finally secure promotion to the DStv Premiership. The 2023/24 season was Magesi’s second in the Motsepe Foundation Championship after their promotion from the SAFA ABC Motsepe League. Speaking to the media after the confirmation of their promotion, Makhubela credited his management and technical team, whom he says have given them full powers to run the team.
“It’s not about me, remember I am not full-time in the team,” he told journalists.
“It’s just about the management and the coach who are working together. I am just a chairman, but I am taking the instructions from them, to be honest.
“I listen to them and where I need to suggest I do so, but the final decision comes from the management and the coach. Not just me,” he explained.
“The mandate I gave to them, not only the coach but also the management. The coach works together with the management. So when I gave the mandate it’s to both the two. — Sports Reporter/Far Post.
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