Posted in News on Oct 04, 2007.
The glittering event was held a week ago at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in conjunction with the Government of the Western Cape, CAF president Isaa Hayatou handed out the awards of recognition to the recipients.
While the Amakhosi Chairman was unable to be at the event to collect his award it was picked up on his behalf and sent to him this past week, other Kaizer Chiefs past personnel whose contributions to the game were noted by CAF was that of former Chiefs midfield wizard Ace Ntsolengoe, who like the Chiefs chairman was amongst the group of former players who received awards.
A past Chiefs coach Eddie Lewis was one of a group of four coaches, which included Bafana Bafana’s 1996 Africa Cup of Nations winning coach Clive Barker, whose contributions to the domestic game did not go unchecked.
Lewis during his time as Chiefs coach had three different spells in charge of The Amakhosi and first coached Chiefs from 1974- 1975 and returned again four years later in 1979 and his final spell as Chiefs coach was in 1986.
Sono Thanks
Former Orlando Pirates player and owner of PSL side Jomo Cosmos Ephraim Jomo Sono was selected by the 14 players and their representatives to give a vote of thanks on their behalf, and the man known as the ‘black prince’ during his playing days was grateful for the steps taken by SAFA and CAF in recognizing the achievements and contributions of former players. Sono in his brief speech said, “it’s always great to be honored while still alive, I speak on behalf of all the players when I say that we appreciate this gesture by CAF and SAFA as it shows us that our playing days are over but we are far from forgotten”.
COMPLETE LIST OF AWARD RECIPIENTS:
PLAYERS:
Vincent Belgians
Godfrey De Kock
Darius Dhlomo
Geoffrey Gamiet
Bernard Hartze
Lionel Hamiel
Steve Mokone
Kaizer Motaung
Patrick "Ace" Ntsolengoe
Malcolm Rufus
Les Salton
Ephraim Jomo Sono
Cedrick Xulu
Bobby Chalmers
REFEREES
John Abels
Bill Stewart
Zac Mosethle
ADMINISTRATORS:
Alexander Abercrombie
Vincent Baartjies
SK Chetty
Fred Fell
Nathan Flaum
Lesole Gadinabokao
Viv Granger
Raymond Hack
Daniel Jordaan
Irvin Khoza
Wilphasius Maphaka
Norman Middleton
Solomon Morewa
Bethuel Morolo
Molefi Oliphant
Rama Reddy
Ronnie Schloss
Mahomed Sibda
Babs Sitherpersad
Dave Snaier
Clive Solomons
Leepile Taunyane
Alfred Thango
George Thabe
Colin Trader
Ashwin Trikamjee
Dan Twala
Anthony Wilcox
COACHING:
Clive Barker
Budgie
Basil Jansen
Eddie Lewis