U- Nhleko uthi uKaizer Jr. ujongene namaxesha anzima

Kule nguqulelo yamva nje ye-Where Are They Now, owayesakuba ngumgadli weKaizer Chiefs uNkosinathi Nhleko wabelana ngendlela akwazile ngayo ukuguqula ubomi bakhe emva kobunzima bakhe emva kokuyeka umdlalo.

Ebizwa ngokuba yi-‘Chippa’, uNhleko wayengumdlali we-bulldozer owaqala ukuduma kwiJomo Cosmos, awadlala naye izihlandlo ezintathu ezahlukeneyo ukususela ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe ngo-1998.

Waba ngumqhubi odumileyo, waqhubeka edlala kumaqela afana neBrann eNorway, iHammarby IF eSweden, kunye neqela lasekhaya leThanda Royal Zulu kunye neChiefs.

Liliphi iqela olinandiphe kakhulu ibhola yakho?

“Ndiyinandiphe kakhulu ibhola yam kumaqela amathathu: iJomo Cosmos, iViking FK eNorway, kunye neKaizer Chiefs ngexesha lam lokuqala.”

Ungazichaza njani iintsuku zakho zokudlala? Ngaba ufikelele kwinqanaba lakho elipheleleyo njengomdlali?

“Ixesha lonyaka ka-2005/06, ngexesha lam eYurophu, yayilixesha endandisemagqabini ngalo.”

Yeyiphi impumelelo yakho enkulu kwibhola ekhatywayo?

“Ixesha elifanayo lonyaka ka-2005/06 eNorway, apho thina [amaViking] sifikelele kwinqanaba leqela le-UEFA Champions League.”

Xa wangena kwindawo yobuchwephesha, uJomo Sono wakwazisa njengoPhil Masinga olandelayo. Ngaba ufezekise ezo zinto zilindelweyo?

“Andizange ndibe kwiCosmos ukuze ndithathe indawo ka-‘Chippa’ Masinga, kodwa ukuthelekiswa nentsomi efana naye kuthetha lukhulu kum.”

Ngaba wenze imali kwibhola ekhatywayo?

“Yho, umbuzo onjani! [uhleka] Ndingathi ndifumene ulonwabo, uxolo, nothando kwibhola ekhatywayo. Ngokuphathelele imali, ndidlale ibhola ekhatywayo ngenxa yothando nothando.”

Njengoko ndivela e-Ermelo eMpumalanga, uhlala phi kule mihla?

“NdiseseGoli, kwaye endinokuthetha kukuba ndinabantwana.”

Ubeka njani ukutya etafileni ngoku?

“Ndiqhuba ishishini lam, Nkosinathi Nhleko and Associates. Sele kudlule iminyaka eli-10 ngoku, kwaye sisebenza kwezemigodi.

Njengabaninzi, ndidibene nemingeni emva kokuthatha umhlala-phantsi, kodwa ndiyavuya ukuba ndisindile kweso siphepho.

“Ishishini alilula. Iminyaka emihlanu okanye emithandathu edlulileyo yayinzima, kodwa kancinci kancinci ndaqala ukubona iziphumo ezilungileyo, kwaye ndiyabulela ukuba ndilapha namhlanje.

“Ukuqhuba ishishini kunzima. Kwiminyaka emihlanu okanye emithandathu, wonke umntu wayecinga ukuba ndiphambene.”

Kutheni wathatha umhlala-phantsi

“Emva kweChiefs, ndandizibuza ukuba ndingaya phi na. Ndavakalelwa kukuba lixesha lokuba ndibeke phantsi izicathulo zam.

Ndandikholelwa ukuba kungcono ukuthatha umhlala-phantsi ngelixa ndisesephezulu kunokujoyina amaqela asezantsi.

Ngoko ke, ngo-2011, ndagqiba ekubeni ndigxile kwishishini lam ndize ndibeke onke amandla am kulo.”

Ucinga ntoni ngeqela langoku laMakhosi?

“Amaxesha awafani ngoku. Basenokuba badlula kwixesha elinzima, kodwa ndinethemba lokuba baza kutshintsha izinto kungekudala.

Kufana nokuqhuba ishishini. UKaizer Motaung Jr. ujongene namaxesha anzima, kodwa ndikholelwa ukuba uza koyisa lo mqobo kungekudala.”

Xa ndijonga emva, ubungenza ntoni ngokwahlukileyo?

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“Ndicinga ukuba ndiyinandiphe ngokupheleleyo ibhola yam yebhola. Bendingabuyela kwiJomo Cosmos ngaphandle kokutshintsha nantoni na.

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