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5 unusual facts about Kaizer Motaung


1996–97 Premier Soccer League

The league was an 18-team competition established in 1996 by Irvin Khoza, Kaizer Motaung, Raymond Hack and Jomo Sono in conjunction with the South African Football Association and it would run parallel to the European football calendar.

Fetsi Molatedi

With an increasing number of enemies and death threats, he was flown to the coast in Durban by Kaizer Motaung got him a unit at Elangeni Hotel where he stayed for 3 weeks.

Herman Blaschke

He played alongside the clubs' Executive Chairman Kaizer Motaung and rose to be Namibia's greatest export.

Kaizer Motaung

In addition, Motaung co-founded (with Orlando Pirates' Irvin Khoza) the South African Premier League (PSL) in 1996, which helped bring more sponsors and money into South African professional soccer.

Born in the Orlando East section of Soweto, Motaung first played professional soccer at the age of 16, for the Orlando Pirates.



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