Kgatla reveals how Emeka Mamale refused to shower as he feared it might remove muti from his body. "My teammate at Silver Stars, Elvis Mashao, took advantage because he was a policeman. "He would drink until 2 a.
m. and wake up late the next day, and wear his police uniform and rush to the club's training grounds pretending he was from work doing the night shift. He'd come to training carrying his firearm, handcuffs, pepper spray, and everything, only for us to find out he was off duty that day [laughs].
" "The only rituals I remember happened at AmaZulu FC, before each game a muti man would put muti into a chicken that all players would eat before a match. "But because those days AmaZulu were red hot, the muti man would be celebrated after every game by the management thinking it was muti that made us win when in truth it was the player's efforts." "At Silver Stars, we had Lovers Mohlala and Junior Khanye.
They were always on each others cases, they once argued from Joburg to Venda. Lovers would say to Khanye I have a farm and you have nothing (laughs). It was a mess.
"We got to Venda, and to everyone's surprise, Junior Khanye was not in the team and had to sit in the stands. So on our way back from that match, it became a huge issue. Remember he was from Kaizer Chiefs and thought he was this big player [laughs].
To say that boy was angry that day is an understatement." "Silver Stars took the cake. I remember at one stage we were playing Benoni United, and our club boss Larry .
