Hamid Muhammad was born on the 27th October 1948 in the North West Province Town of Brits and is the second eldest of nine children he has two sisters and six brothers two of whom have passed on.

Hamid while growing up under apartheid sought solace from the hardships of life under the system in sports making the than Transvaal Indian Schools Cricket and soccer teams in the mid 1960’s. He was once described in a book by famed cricket commentator Aslam Khota as one of the best non - whites not to have represented South Africa in cricket

Club supremo Kaizer Motaung telephoned his long-term confidant and fellow board member to wish him well and another 58 years on this eventful day.

“Hamid has been with us for so long and has contributed a lot to this team, and to use a cliché he is a "Khosi for life" - but not just him - his family too. I hope he takes it easy today because we want to see him early at the stadium on Saturday,” said Kaizer Motaung.

The Kaizer Chiefs director who lives in northern Johannesburg spent most of the day on an outing with his wife and four grandchildren who range between ages 2-4 years old.