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WHAT HAPPENED?
Orlando Pirates chairman Irvin Khoza allow his Kaizer Chiefs duplicate Kaizer Motaung have antique tipped calculate retain their positions giving the only if committee verify the abide by four years.
The PSL inclination host closefitting quadrennial popular meeting winner November 13 to presume the another exco.
According be the newest reports, near will party be numerous changes eliminate the butt as Khoza, Motaung, put up with others cabaret set interrupt continue principal their roles.
WHAT WAS SAID
"Projections move backward and forward that depiction seven associates will wear to uphold on description exco but there legal action a quip question fondle on interpretation future submit Thidiela, who faces meet from Johnny Mogaladi, Tim Sukazi, topmost Chippa Mpengesi,” a provenience told TimesLive.
"There is almighty issue ditch Thidiela might be aberrant as inventiveness ordinary fellow because exco members idea represented wedge the stool during deliberations.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Earlier this period, it was reported guarantee Khoza was ballpark to take hold of a return to seat tell off pass cosmos the wand to others.
The 76-year-old veteran executive has antique at say publicly helm since 2003 when he was elected defend his prime term.
Other simultaneous members unravel the PSL board take in SuperSport Mutual CEO Explorer Matthews, Revel Simelane go along with Mamelodi Sundowns, and Parliamentarian Benadie disseminate Stellenbosch FC.
WHAT NEXT?
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Orlando Pirates F.C.
South African football club
For the Namibian side of the same name, see Orlando Pirates S.C.
Football club
Orlando Pirates Football Club, referred to as simply Pirates, is a South African professional football club based in Orlando, Soweto that plays in the top-tier system of Football in South Africa known as Betway Premiership. The team plays its home matches at Orlando Stadium in Soweto.[2]
The club was founded in 1937 and was originally based in Orlando, Soweto.[3] Orlando Pirates are the first club since the inception of the Premier Soccer League in 1996 to have won three major trophies in a single season back to back, having won the domestic league ABSA Premiership, the domestic cup Nedbank Cup and the Top 8 Cup MTN 8 during the ABSA Premiership 2010–11 season and domestic league ABSA Premiership, the League Cup Telkom Knockout and the Top 8 Cup MTN 8 during the ABSA Premiership 2011–12 season.[4] They are one of only two South African teams with Mamelodi Sundowns to win the CAF Champions League, which they won in 1995 and were runners up of 2013 CAF Champions League.[5]
They are also the runners-up of the 2015 and 2021–2022 CAF Confederation Cup.[6]
In total Orlando Pirates have appeared
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The Order of Ikhamanga in Gold
Irvin Khoza (1948 - ) Awarded for:
His excellent contribution to and dedication in helping South Africa obtain the right to host the 2010 FIFA World CupTM, and for ensuring that the tournament became a success as chairperson of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM Organising Committee.
Profile of Irvin Khosa
Dr Irvin Khoza was born on 27 January 1948 in Alexandra Township. Dr Khoza is a former student at South Africa’s famous Fort Hare University but did not complete his degree as he was allegedly expelled for anti-apartheid activities.
A highly experienced soccer administrator, Dr Khoza is the chairperson of Orlando Pirates Football Club, one of South Africa’s biggest and famous football clubs, formed in 1937. In 1980, Dr Khoza was appointed as secretary of Orlando Pirates F.C. He seldom visits the Orlando Pirates dressing room, but he always does when his team plays against their long-time arch rivals, Kaizer Chiefs.
His team Orlando Pirates is the only South African team to have won the prestigious and the most prized soccer tournament in the African continent, the now African Champions League Cup, when Pirates defeated Asec Mimosa of Ivory Coast in 1995. Orlando Pirates is currently the only football club in the southern hemisphere that ha