Former Bafana Bafana international Ramahlwe Mphahlele has revealed in an emotional interview why he left Mamelodi Sundowns despite his success there.<\/p>\n
The 36-year-old retired defender explained that the move was driven by the need to financially liberate his family, as his earnings were insufficient to fund his siblings\u2019 university education or provide a house for his mother.<\/p>\n
Joining Kaizer Chiefs in August 2016 gave him the means to make those sacrifices, allowing his brother to complete a BCom and his sister to become an electrical engineer.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people don\u2019t know the reason I left Sundowns, my sister wanted to go to varsity. She didn\u2019t have money,\u201d Mphahlele said on SNAWA.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t making that much. My brother was finishing [high school], he wanted to go to university, so for me I wanted to liberate my people hence I made certain decisions in life. Mom didn\u2019t have a house and I just wanted to see them well off. My brother finished his BCom, my sister is an electrical engineer. My heart is pure.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t make decisions for me. I made them so that my people can have a better life because if I didn\u2019t give them a better life, no one was going to give them a better life. Mom wasn\u2019t working, Dad wasn\u2019t supporting us so I was the only option. From where I\u2019m from, there\u2019s not too many options,” Mphahlele, who was on the books of Orbit College last season, continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI come from nothing and some decisions I made, I was scared that if I don\u2019t liberate my family and take them to school then they\u2019ll forever be my burden. So, but I needed to make certain decisions for them [siblings] to go to school and when I left Sundowns then I could afford to take them to school.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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