headline: Ekugqibeleni, Umnqweno kaShabba ufezekisiwe!
text: Emva kweminyaka elishumi elinesibini uSiphiwe Tshabalala engumdlali othembekileyo kwiKaizer Chiefs, kule veki ulibangise kwelaseYurophu – apho aza kuqala ubomi obutsha khona.  
  Umnqweno kaShabba, 33, ufezekisiwe emva kokuthengwa liqela laseTurkey ekuthiwa yiBB Erzurumspor elidlala kwinqanaba eliphezulu.  
  Ingxelo ithi uTshabalala utyikitye isivumelwano seminyaka emibini – kodwa likhona nethuba lonyaka wesithathu ukuba izinto zimhambela kakuhle.  
  Lo mdlali akadlaliswanga nguGiovanni Solinas kumdlalo weMTN 8 ebambene kuwo iChiefs ngo’2-2 neSuperSport United kuba bekusashukuxwa ikamva lakhe.  
  Ukuhamba kukaShabba yilahleko kwiChiefs ngoba ebengomnye wabadlali exhathise ngabo iminyaka emininzi – kodwa yinto entle kuye ngoba ebesoloko elangazelela ukudlala eYurophu. 
  Amakhosi akungqinile ukuhamba kukaTshabalala awamthenga kwiFree State Stars ngo2007.  
  Usihlalo weChiefs, uKaizer Motaung, umkhulule ngamazwi amnandi uShabba, watsho eqinisekisa indawo yakhe eNaturena ngelithi uyakuhlala eliKhosi nalapho aya khona.  
  “Simnqwenelela okuhle kodwa apho aya khona uTshabalala. Uyakuhlala eliKhosi nokuba uphi na,” utshilo uMotaung. 
  Imbali kaTshabalala kwiChiefs nakwiqela lesizwe ityebe kakhulu ngoba ungumdlali owazibalula ngokusebenza ngokukhuthala nokuhlonipha umsebenzi wakhe kwantlandlolo.  
  Ungomnye wabadlali abadlalele iBafana Bafana amatyeli amaninzi, kanti nakwiChiefs uhamba edlale imidlalo engamakhulu amathathu anamashumi asixhenxe anambini.  
  Kuloo midlalo ayidlale kwiChiefs, ufake amagowuli angamashumi amahlanu anesibhozo. Ngethuba ekwiChiefs uphumelele indebe yePSL kabini, iTelkom Knockout kathathu, iMTN 8 kabini neNedbank Cup kanye. 
  Ephawula ngokuhamba kwakhe, uTshabalala uthe ukudlala phesheya yayisoloko iliphupha lakhe.  
  Uthe yinto ekwakufanele yenzeka kudala – kodwa uyalamkela ithuba alifumeneyo nangoku.  
  “Ndifuna ukubulela abalandeli. Kwiminyaka elishumi elinambini, bendonwabile kwiChiefs. Ibisoloko ingumnqweno wam ukuya phesheya, ngakumbi eYurophu. 
   Kwakufanele yenzeka kudala – kodwa ke uThixo uzenza ngexesha lakhe izinto. Likhaya lam iChiefs Village kwaye iChiefs iya kuhlala isentliziyweni yam. Ndinomnqeno wokuyeka ukudlala ibhola apha kwiKaizer Chiefs,” uvale ngalo mazwi.