OCTOBER 2, 2020. The Hilton Hotels auditorium in Durban is all filled up with members of the press, some familiar faces in football administration and some not so familiar in football circles but due to their swankiness, one can already tell of their business-class status.
Then AmaZulu FC owner, businessman Dr Patrick Sokhela announces the sale of KwaZulu-Natals most elegant football club to current club-president Sandile Zungu, an Umlazi-born businessman.
Likewise, Zungu takes the podium and delivers his first of many addresses as the president of AmaZulu Football Club.
Zungu has the whole auditorium eating from his palm in no time with assurance that the club will remain in Durban and keep its name. AmaZulu former player Ayanda Dlamini is interim coach at the time, and Zungu pledges support for the young gaffer to remain with the club.
The big name players that came to AmaZulu in the following, were clearly going to require an even bigger name coach to manage and so no surprises when Bafana Bafana legend Benni McCarthy is roped in and Dlamini descends to the feeder team MultiChoice/DSTV Diski Challenge -DDC.
