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THE CHAIRMAN'S VIEWPOINT
   
I cannot fashion many words to describe how best the 2012/13 was, except to once more appreciate divine favour that simply fell on us.
Friday, June 07, 2013
Chairman's Viewpoint
Thursday, May 24, 2012
THE RACE IS OVER

Congratulations to Orlando Pirates for striking the end of the tape first after thirty kilometres of a grueling 2012 ABSA Premiership race.

Congratulations also to Moroka Swallows for staging a gallant effort and coming within a whisker of capturing the trophy considering their rise from relegation threat of the previous season. They indeed drew into their deepest reserves to bring the glory of being a celebrated SOWETO outfit of erstwhile years by ensuring that all the 2012 league pride rests closer to home.

As for us, our fifth spot finish came as a result of unplanned change-room and off-the-field challenges that surfaced during the second round of the league games and cup competitions. At this stage we were lying third on the log and unfortunately plummeted immediately after instituting changes in the Technical Department in response to addressing the internal impasse that had certainly weakened our chances.

Be that as it was, we had to absorb the decisions we took and placed our trust on our assistant coaches that tackled the bull by its horns to see us through as dictated by the adversity of the circumstances that time. Admittedly we were disappointed but hopeful to assemble all lessons in preparation for the incumbent season.

This off-season will provide ample time to scrutinize all departments and make necessary adjustments moving forward. The Vodacom challenge and Carling Cup are perfect to provide platforms of assessment and planning.

As tradition holds, we close our season with Players Awards to appreciate the contribution of our team and its entire support structures. Congratulations to all players that will walk away with trophies and numerous rewards from our generous sponsors. I would however encourage all to work hard out of a desire to ignite an innate spirit of competition throughout the new season.

I would also want to thank all departments and personnel that made this season a success. I may not forget the sacrifices of all supporters as we close this season.

VODACOM SPONSORSHIP

I would like to reiterate my disappointments over the baseless utterances of Gavin Hunt and Jose Ferreira over VODACOM’s renewal of its partnership with both Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.

I believe we have worked hard to raise the commercial value of our brands to warrant a justifiable capital injection by interested corporate suitors.

In the same token, we have contributed tremendously to raising the commercial value of the PSL to serve the best interest of the entire league. The fact that SuperSport (The Broadcaster) has agreed to renew the PSL broadcasting rights deal for more than R2billion is testimony to the fact that the PSL is a bankable product.

It is therefore unfortunate that the two officials could insinuate that the VODACOM renewal is intended to hurt South African soccer when our league is rated amongst the ten best run and administered in the world.

In a demonstration of a deeper understanding of the issues, I welcome Supersport the Broadcaster and Supersport United Football Club from distancing themselves from such reckless statements that smack of bitterness.

NEDBANK FINALS

I would like to wish Mamelodi Sundowns and Supersport United luck when they meet in the finals of the NEDBANK Cup to bring down the curtain of the 2012 Premier League programme at Orlando Stadium. May the best team win.

Kaizer Motaung (Mr.)

Executive Chairman
  PAST VIEWPOINTS  
1. June 7, 2013 I cannot fashion many words to describe how best the 2012/13 was, except to once
2. May 28, 2013 When the Marketing Department coined “Reclaiming the Glory” as our theme for the
3. May 17, 2013 Eight years is much too long to have waited for a chance to celebrate our winnin
4. May 11, 2013 From the very first whistle of our league programme, our journey in the 2012/13
5. April 27, 2013 We are now reaching the penultimate stages of our race of course with satisfacti
6. April 20, 2013 The clash against Celtic in the Nedbank Cup reminded us of the importance of con
7. April 12, 2013 We have always embraced the principle of one-game-at-a-time as central to our ap
8. March 28, 2013 The past weekend spotlight on football was on the road to Brazil where the Fifa
9. March 17, 2013 It may have been days since the final whistle, but the echoes of a completed der
10. March 8, 2013 There is no doubt that recent history of league matches of the two teams that wi
11. March 4, 2013 We are turning the tide and I am happy. I must however admit that the road ahea
12. February 15, 2013 The road to the finals of the Orange Afcon 2013 was not going to be an easy ride
13. February 9, 2013 The road to the finals of the Orange AFCON 2013 was not going to be an easy ride
14. January 31, 2013 The level of competition at the Orange Afcon 2013 is getting fierce as the tourn
15. January 25, 2013 torrential downpour during the opening ceremony of the Orange Afcon 2013 at the
16. January 18, 2013 With the hype around the Orange AFCON 2013 hogging all the lime light, I hope th
17. December 13, 2012 The first derby of the 2012/13 soccer season lived up to the expectations and fu
18. December 7, 2012 The win against Ajax Cape Town at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane came jus
19. December 1, 2012 In every marathon, there is a likelihood that competing athletes may trip and fa
20. November 24, 2012 The midweek encounter against Moroka Swallows was expected to be tough as I had
21. November 16, 2012 We entered the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane with clear intentions of gaini
22. November 9, 2012 The Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane once more welcomed us to a resounding vict
23. November 2, 2012 In what looked like a clean sweep of three points against Maritzburg United in o
24. October 26, 2012 The outcome of our Telkom Knockout Cup against Bidvest Wits vindicated my appeal
25. October 19, 2012 Let me first thank you for messages of support as I celebrated another added yea
26. October 13, 2012 The windy coastal Port Elizabeth welcomed us to a warm reception when we engaged
27. September 22, 2012 Like I stated in my previous articles, the challenge to maintain consistency in
28. September 14, 2012 The break came just when we were getting into the rhythm of a new season followi
29. September 1, 2012 Were it not for the unfortunate incidences of missile throwing at Orlando Stadiu
30. August 24, 2012 Much to our delight, we did well to redeem ourselves against a team that scupper
31. August 17, 2012 We left for Moses Mabhida stadium against a sad background of losing to two of t
32. August 10, 2012 It is unfortunate that our loss to Orlando Pirates and Sundowns has begun to inv
33. August 3, 2012 After many years since the inaugural kickoff of the derby, the encounter has gro
34. July 26, 2012 Our pre-season hard work paid off with resounding victory at the inaugural Gaute
35. July 20, 2012 I am happy that we are participating in the Gauteng Cup to complete an eventful
36. July 20, 2012 I am happy that we are participating in the Gauteng Cup to complete an eventful
37. July 18, 2012 Whilst many may join in a cacophony of song to wish Madiba a happy birthday, I w
38. July 12, 2012 I am happy that all the work that is currently underway to prepare the team for
39. July 5, 2012 Firstly, I would like to express my appreciation of all the support and messages
40. June 22, 2012 We set Monday 25 June 2012 as the date when our players would report for duty af
41. June 15, 2012 We returned from Botswana a disappointed visitor after playing to a one all draw
42. June 8, 2012 The season is in recess and the acquisition and movement of players is obviously
43. June 1, 2012 In preserving our tradition of football, we closed our season with a befitting P
44. May 24, 2012 Congratulations to Orlando Pirates for striking the end of the tape first after
45. May 21, 2012 We are grateful to have renewed our sponsorship deal with VODACOM after a length
46. May 11, 2012 The acquisition of Stuart Baxter as Head of our Technical Team brings closure to
47. May 4, 2012 Since inception, each moment at Kaizer Chiefs has always presented a part of his
48. April 27, 2012 It never rains but pours, so the saying goes. This time the torrent is on us an
49. April 20, 2012 When we changed our Technical Team we were quite aware of imminent challenges bu
50. April 13, 2012 The Executive Committee met to finalize decisions around the future of our Head
51. April 11, 2012 The forty two years of our local derby carries memories of excitement sadness an
52. April 5, 2012 Any football critic will mention inconsistency as the biggest challenge to winni
53. March 30, 2012 With nine games and 27 points hanging tantalisingly on offer, it seems the penul
54. March 23, 2012 The Soweto Calabash dished an exciting menu when Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chie
55. March 16, 2012 It would be a tragic mistake to read much into Orlando Pirates’ loss to Santos a
56. March 9, 2012 There may be discerning views around coincidences but nothing explains how our p
57. March 2, 2012 Whilst we had expected our meeting with Wits at the Mbombela Stadium to turn in
58. February 25, 2012 The second match of our league reminded us of the importance of consistency part
59. February 17, 2012 Zambia did us proud by capturing the Africa Cup of Nations 2012 against the much
60. February 10, 2012 The Africa Cup of Nations has reached its finals and fulfilled my prediction of
61. February 3, 2012 The previous week’s column drew interesting responses; some quite insightful whi
62. January 27, 2012 The drama around player transfers continues throughout the league; a familiar oc
63. January 21, 2012 Our lads returned to a courageous welcome from a technical team that immediately
64. January 13, 2012 We are back at work after a restful festive season that I hope we all enjoyed. W
65. December 22, 2011 We returned from Durban clearly disappointed after failing to gain maximum point
66. December 15, 2011 This weekend we return to the FNB Stadium to face a daunting Free State Stars th
67. December 9, 2011 Our discipline of football with its ninety minutes of play that often slides int
68. December 3, 2011 With the league race becoming tighter as the number of matches decrease, a loss
69. November 25, 2011 The results of the recent league matches showed that the two week of rest brough
70. November 21, 2011 It is back to hard work after two weeks of inactivity in our league programme.
71. November 12, 2011 The long break has certainly given us enough time to regroup and evaluate events
72. November 4, 2011 In a game played under floodlights to escape a midday roasting sun in Polokwane,
73. October 28, 2011 I would like to once more express my deepest regrets over the statements that we
74. October 21, 2011 A win against Black Leopards came as a much needed moral booster after a tempora
75. October 14, 2011 This weekend we resume our league race with an away trip to Peter Mokaba Stadium
76. October 7, 2011 Since inception, the Macufe Cup is one event that Kaizer Chiefs has supported to
77. September 30, 2011 This week we stepped backwards by surrendering six possible points after sharing
78. September 23, 2011 Just when the derby was dismissed as too overbearing given the recent frequency
79. September 16, 2011 Just when a penalty shootout seemed the final decider after both teams had battl
80. September 9, 2011 This weekend we meet Orlando Pirates in another epic battle for the championship
81. September 2, 2011 Our win against Ajax Cape Town and Orlando Pirates’ win against Mamelodi Sundown
82. August 26, 2011 As expected, the start of the season has seen intense and fierce competition wit
83. August 19, 2011 The first league games of the 2011/12 season have already given a glimpse of thi
84. August 12, 2011 Our victory against Bidvest Wits in the first round of the MTN 8 should not be t
85. August 5, 2011 The inaugural Carling Cup completed our hectic preparations by helping us meet t
86. July 29, 2011 The 2011 Vodacom Challenge has come and gone and carried with it, its success an
87. July 22, 2011 The win against Tottenham Hotspur in the Vodacom challenge was a reflection on t
88. July 14, 2011 It is all systems go at the Vodacom Challenge 2011 when Tottenham Hotspur touche
89. July 8, 2011 The High Performance Centre in Tshwane has seen the best of our lads since the t
90. July 1, 2011 The football drought will soon be quenched as we begin another race for the ulti
91. June 24, 2011 Our lads return to prepare for the 2011/12 season after a lengthy period of rest
92. June 17, 2011 This weekend we take a memorable trip down thirty five years when young people t
93. June 10, 2011 The Kaizer Chiefs 2011 Executive Golf Day marked its successful Sixth Year Anniv
94. June 3, 2011 The PSL’s 2010/11 Players’ Awards closed a dramatic season of football since our
95. May 27, 2011 I could describe the dramatic end to the 2010/11 season of football as the best
96. May 20, 2011 With three teams contesting the championship of the 2010/11 ABSA Premiership, I
97. May 13, 2011 The win against Ajax confirmed the unpredictability of football; a factor that k
98. May 6, 2011 The past weekend can best be described as the dark weekend of soccer when top te
99. April 29, 2011 To say we lost against Baroka FC in the Quarterfinals of the NEDBANK Cup will ce
100. April 22, 2011 There is no doubt that the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Limpopo has turned into our h
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