Mthembu and his wife-to-be - an American by nationality - left South Africa last week and they are both expected back by the end of July.

The speedy and hard-working midfielder will miss the Fourth Annual Vodacom Challenge but he will still be playing for Amakhosi next season. He has been given a contract extension for one more season.

Mthembu scored a brilliant goal five minutes into the second half to put Kaizer Chiefs on their way to a 2-0 win against Ghanaian giants Hearts of Oak in last year's semifinals in Rustenburg.

Mthembu, then sporting a cheeky new hairstyle, unleashed a superb strike to round off a great build-up between new signing Stanton Fredericks and Justice Sithole.