Kaizer Motaung Hails Kaizer Chiefs as Club Turned 52 Years Old!

Kaizer Motaung Hails Kaizer Chiefs as Club Turned 52 Years Old! The legendary Amakhosi celebrated their 52^nd birthday yesterday.

Kaizer Chiefs Football Club turned 52 years old yesterday. Club founder and chairman Kaizer Motaung hailed the early years of the club as they are one of the biggest clubs in Africa today.

“This is a day that will be remembered long after we have left.” He said to the club media.

“It is a great day indeed, the day this baby was born to bring some excitement to the entire football community. To me it is one of the greatest days ever in my sporting life, when we started this beautiful organisation called Kaizer Chiefs,” Motaung spoke.

“When we started, we had a lot of sceptics who thought we were maybe not serious and that we were just taking a chance. Little did they know that some of us had this burning desire to actually be part of a great thing.

“Great in the sense that we wanted it to be something South African people could be proud of. I must say I’m feeling very vindicated.

“There were those who said we wouldn’t even last one season. The reason we succeeded is because we understood this was an enormous challenge and that it required our 110 percent commitment, which meant we had to invest our whole lives on this beautiful brand, which we did.”

“Our exercise was not one in futility and one we can be very proud of. Today every third person you meet out there is a Kaizer Chiefs follower.

“It just shows the magnitude of this brand and what it means to people. This brand has had a very serious influence on the lives of many people in this country.

“We are still confronted with many challenges. Getting where we are was not easy, but we were determined to succeed and achieve what we set out to do,” says Motaung.

“I do hope with the new up and coming generations this will continue in leaps and bounds and that they will understand the history of this brand and understand where it comes from. Hence, they will have to know its significance.

“It is a brand about the people, not individuals. We are here to serve the people and I’m happy that I’ve served people for so long, with the help of those around us who have been part of this journey,” he said.

Once more, the club will hope to end their lengthy trophy drought this season. Kaizer Motaung Hails Kaizer Chiefs as Club Turned 52 Years Old!