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Where are they now? The last Pirates starting XI to win the league, in 2012

Timeslive · · 215 words · By Sihle Ndebele
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13 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Orlando Pirates’ league triumph, their first in 14 years, at Mbombela Stadium at the weekend”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm Orlando Pirates won the 2025/26 Betway Premiership title at Mbombela Stadium, ending a 14-year drought.
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago ... Orlando Pirates ended their 14-year South African Premiership title drought and snapped Mamelodi Sundowns' eight-season winning streak with ...
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/48851896/orlando-pirate…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago ... Pirates beat Orbit College 2-nil at the Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga to win their first league title in 14 years. #sabcnews ...
https://www.facebook.com/SABCNews/posts/breaking-news-orland…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago ... Soweto giants Orlando Pirates claimed a first South African league title in 14 years with the opponent's two own goals on Saturday, ...
https://www.facebook.com/trtafrika/posts/soweto-giants-orlan…
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“Bucs’ starting XI in their victorious 2011/12 Premiership league-clinching match against Golden Arrows on May 19 2012”
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Wikipedia confirms Orlando Pirates secured the 2011/12 title with a win against Golden Arrows on May 19, 2012.
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web search NEUTRAL — Orlando Pirates secured the title with a 4–2 win against Golden Arrows on 19 May 2012. ... This was their fourth PSL title overall and the second in succession.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011–12_South_African_Premiers…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago ... Orlando Pirates have won the 2025/26 Betway Premiership, ending a 14-year league title drought. Their last league championship victory ...
https://www.facebook.com/lowvelder.co.za/posts/orlando-pirat…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago ... After 14 years, Orlando Pirates reclaim the PSL title, marking a triumphant return to former glory since 2012. Details below.
https://www.facebook.com/brieflyza/posts/after-14-years-orla…
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“Moeneeb Josephs: Serving as Kenya national team goalkeeper coach under his former Bucs teammate Benni McCarthy, who’s the head coach.”
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Multiple sources, including Facebook (Football Kenya Federation) and news reports, confirm Benni McCarthy as head coach and Moeneeb Josephs as goalkeeper coach for the Kenya national team.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Football Kenya Federation has unveiled Benni McCarthy as the new head coach of Kenya's National Football Team. McCarthy, a former South African ...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/557760688437161/posts/161823…
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 27, 2025 ... Per Reports: Moeneeb Josephs will join Benni McCarthy in Kenya as the goalkeeper coach of the Kenya national football team -Benni McCarthy, ...
https://www.facebook.com/zimsportsconnect/posts/south-africa…
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web search NEUTRAL — Benni McCarthy has been appointed as the new head coach of the Kenyan national football ... Moeneeb Josephs, a former South Africa and Orlando Pirates goalkeeper ...
https://zone.my.na/sport-wrap-main/benni-takes-kenya-job2025…
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“Lucky Lekgwathi (Captain): Betway Premiership and MTN8 ambassador, while he also owns a successful restaurant business.”
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The claim regarding the restaurant business is corroborated by multiple sources (iDiski Times, Soccer Laduma, Kick) mentioning 'The Grootman' restaurant. The ambassador role is reported by Sowetan.
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web search NEUTRAL — Former Orlando Pirates captain Lucky Lekgwathi has opened up on his restaurant ‘The Grootman’ being destroyed by looters and estimates the damage at.
https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/local/lekgwathi-opens-up-on-hi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Orlando Pirates legend Lucky Lekgwathi has broadened his business portfolio as he continues his success off the field post-retirement. | Fame-and-Fortune.
https://www.kickoff.com/sa-news/fame-and-fortune/lucky-lekgw…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lucky Lekgwathi's restaurant sauces will now be stocked at select Shoprite stores and other butcheries. | Fan Park.
https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/local/fan-park/the-lucky-lekg…
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“Rooi Mahamutsa: Still active and was playing for second-tier side Gomora United in the just-concluded season.”
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Transfermarkt, BeSoccer, and Football Database all confirm Rooi Mahamutsa's association with Gomora United for the 2025/26 season.
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web search NEUTRAL — Player stats of Rooi Mahamutsa (Gomora United Football Club) ➤ Goals ➤ Assists ➤ Matches played ➤ All performance data.
https://www.transfermarkt.com/rooi-mahamutsa/leistungsdaten/…
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web search NEUTRAL — Access all R. Mahamutsa's stats, info, news, matches and career. All R. Mahamutsa´s perfomance data on 2025/26 season.
https://www.besoccer.com/player/rooi-mahamutsa-211405
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web search NEUTRAL — logo Gomora United Gomora United · Games list · Current season statistics (2025/2026) · Mahamutsa's career statisticsLast updated on 08/03/2026 at 20:37 · Notes.
https://www.footballdatabase.eu/en/player/details/60520-rooi…
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“Siyabonga Sangweni: Been keeping a somewhat low profile in his hometown of Empangeni in KwaZulu-Natal, where he organises a successful football tournament every year.”
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Web results confirm Siyabonga Sangweni is from Empangeni and specifically mention the 'Siyabonga Sangweni Festival 2025' in KwaZulu Natal.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 5, 2025 ... ... Siyabonga Sangweni Festival 2025! Congratulations to all who ... KwaZulu Natal Sport Confederation KwaZulu-Natal Department of Sport ...
https://www.facebook.com/MsunduziMunicipalityMarketing/posts…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 4, 2025 ... Thami Mchunu Kwazulu Natal Football Association KZN SALGA GAMES KwaZulu-Natal ... football players including Siyabonga Sangweni, Siyabonga ...
https://www.facebook.com/WitnessKZN/posts/msunduzi-mayor-mzi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 29, 2025 ... ... Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal. Sangweni's career unfolded during a transformative period for South African football, with the Premier Soccer League ...
https://www.facebook.com/ndaviral/posts/on-this-day-29-septe…
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“Thabo Matlaba: Plays for Golden Arrows.”
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Wikipedia, the official Golden Arrows FC website, and ESPN all confirm Thabo Matlaba plays for Golden Arrows.
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web search NEUTRAL — Thabo "Festival" Matlaba (born 13 December 1987) is a South African professional association footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier Soccer League ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabo_Matlaba
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web search NEUTRAL — THABO MATLABA ; POSITION: LB ; JERSEY NUMBER: 28 ; PREVIOUS CLUBS: FREE STATE STARS, ORLANDO PIRATES, BLACK LEOPARDS, SWALLOWS FC, ROYAL AM ; DEBUT FOR ARROWS: 26/ ...
https://www.goldenarrowsfc.com/1st-team/thabo-matlaba/
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web search NEUTRAL — View the biography of Golden Arrows Defender Thabo Matlaba on ESPN. Includes career history and teams played for.
https://africa.espn.com/football/player/bio/_/id/151870/thab…
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“Oupa Manyisa: Betway Premiership ambassador.”
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The claim is only mentioned in the Sowetan cross-reference. The web search results returned irrelevant information about a town in Japan (Karuizawa), providing no corroboration or contradiction.
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web search NEUTRAL — 北佐久郡 に属し、 浅間山 東南麓に位置する。 19世紀 末からの歴史ある 高原 リゾート都市 であり、日本を代表する 避暑地 ・ 別荘地 として名高い [2][3][4][5]。 町の 北 側は 森林 に広く覆われ、 浅間山 や 上信越高原国立公園 へと続いており、 南 側は 草原 や田園や ゴルフ場 が多く分布し、雄大な パノラマ 風景が広がっている。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/軽井沢町
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web search NEUTRAL — 〒389-0192 長野県北佐久郡軽井沢町大字長倉2381番地1 Tel：0267-45-8111（代表） Fax：0267-46-3165 開庁日時： 月曜日から金曜日の午前8時30分から午後5時15分 （土曜日、日曜日、祝日、年末年始を除く）
https://www.town.karuizawa.lg.jp/
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web search NEUTRAL — 軽井沢町の上水道・下水道情報を公開しています。
https://www2.wagmap.jp/karuizawa/Portal?mid=35
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“Andile Jali: Just retired a few months ago and ventured into farming, while he’s also a Nedbank Cup ambassador.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or cross-references to support or deny the claims about Andile Jali's retirement, farming, or ambassador role.
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“Tlou Segolela: Based in Limpopo, where he served as Magesi’s DDC coach in the just-ended campaign.”
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The claim is only reported in the Sowetan cross-reference; no other independent sources were found in the web search to corroborate the role at Magesi.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Tlou Segolela: Based in Limpopo, where he served as Magesi’s DDC coach in the just-ended campaign.
https://www.sowetan.co.za/sport/2026-05-25-where-are-they-no…
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“Daine Klate: Has established himself as a very promising coach, with Durban City’s DDC team the last side he coached until he left in December.”
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“Thulasizwe Mbuyane: Football pundit for Podcast and Chill Network.”
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“Benni McCarthy: Head coach of Kenya national team.”
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