Orlando Pirates reserve side coach Joseph Makhanya is not surprised to see starlets Relebohile Mofokeng and Mohau Nkota winning games for the senior side, saying they used to do that in the DDC squad as well.
‘Duku Duku’ has been with the Pirates reserve side for three years and finally, his work is paying off dividends as two youngsters Mofokeng and Nkota have grabbed their chances in the first team with both hands.
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Mofokeng scored some crucial goals for the Buccaneers including the Nedbank Cup winner against Mamelodi Sundowns back in May 2024, before following that up with another match-winning goal in the MTN8 final against Stellenbosch FC and also providing an assist for the second goal scored by Tshegofatso Mabasa.
Nkota recently made his first team debut against Richards Bay in a narrow 1-0 victory. A month later, the 19-year-old scored a brace which won Pirates all three points against AmaZulu FC.
“As a development coach, you are being judged by that work,” Makhanya told iDiski Times.
“All the time, I know it’s going to be no, no, no, the coach he got them…. No, no, the right tool was implemented so that they can play a structured football, get their confidence, which is something they are doing well.
“And I am very proud to say these boys when I found them here, they were boys that had talent but not the proper end-product, so they started to look like an end-product with DDC.
“They started scoring goals, Nkota started scoring goals, and Rele started scoring goals, so we are not surprised that it is happening on the first team.
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