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Motsepe – We Must Never Be A Slave To Our History

Mamelodi Sundowns chairman Thlopie Motsepe says the club will forever be grateful to the coaches and players who won the 2016 CAF Champions League. Sundowns have ended the era of 2016 CAF Champions League coaches after Manqoba Mngqithi and Wendell Robinson's era ended at the club. The two were the only...

Motsepe – Why We Trusted Manqoba But Switched Now

Mamelodi Sundowns chairman Thlopie Motsepe has explained why the club trusted the coaching team around Manqoba Mngqithi at the beginning of the season after Rulani Mokwena had just left, and why they made the decision to sack them now. Masandawana announced the appointment of former ES Tunis head coach Miguel...

Motsepe – The Magesi Defeat Was Tragic

Mamelodi Sundowns Chairman Thlopie Motsepe says the Carling Knockout final defeat to Magesi was tragic but not the deciding factor to Manqoba Mngqithi's exit. Mngqithi was sacked on Monday after their return from Morocco after a 1-1 draw in the CAF Champions League against ASFAR which made it back-to-back draws...

Who Stays, Who’s Gone? Motsepe Explains Downs Changes

Mamelodi Sundowns chairman Thlopie Motsepe has detailed the structural changes done at the club after Miguel Cardoso replaced Manqoba Mngqithi as head coach. On Tuesday, Sundowns had invited local media to a press conference, where they confirmed that Cardoso would take over in the latest "restructuring" of the club's technical...

Motsepe Addresses Downs Pre-Season Form After Rulani Exit

Mamelodi Sundowns chairman Thlopie Motsepe says he's not nervous about the club's first two defeats during their pre-season tour to Austria. The DStv Premiership champions lost 3-1 to German third division side SV Sandhausen on Tuesday, before going down 1-0 to 16-time Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kyiv a day later. ALSO READ:...

Mokwena Dedicates Title To Motsepe

Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Rulani Mokwena has dedicated the seventh successive league title to club chairman Thlopie Motsepe. Masandawana thrashed rivals Kaizer Chiefs 5-1 at FNB Stadium on Thursday to wrap up their seventh successive league title. It was Mokwena's fourth as Downs coach and the second since he took sole...

Motsepe – Why Downs Extended Rulani’s Contract

Mamelodi Sundowns chairman Thlopie Motsepe has explained why the club decided to hand head coach Rulani Mokwena a new four-year contract. On Tuesday, Masandawana announced Mokwena's new four-year deal after the coach had finally put pen to paper, as earlier reported by iDiski Times. Mokwena became the sole head coach in...

Downs Chairman – What Young People Can Learn From Rulani

Mamelodi Sundowns chairman Thlopie Motsepe has praised head coach Rulani Mokwena as one of the hardest working coaches in the league. Mokwena, 36, has become the youngest head coach in the club's history after the technical team reshuffle in October last year following Masandawana's 3-0 defeat to Orlando Pirates in...

Motsepe Compares Downs’ CAFCL Run With Bayern

Mamelodi Sundowns chairman Thlopie Motsepe has compared the Tshwane giants' runs in the CAF Champions League with that of Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League. Motsepe said people should not think that Sundowns all the time can steamroll teams in CAF premier’s club competition and referred to the German...

Motsepe On Whether Rulani Is On The Right Path

Mamelodi Sundowns chairman Thlopie Motsepe has discussed whether head coach Rulani Mokwena is on the right path after starting his reign as sole leader with four wins. The defending DStv Premiership champions opted to shake up their technical team at the end of last month, with Mokwena becoming the sole...

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