Themba Zwane, like Jomo Sono and John “Shoes” Moshoeu, is according to Bafana Bafana legend Doctor Khumalo, the secret to what makes the national squad tick.

 

After being ignored by coach Hugo Broos for nearly a year, Mshishi rejoined the national team a month ago.

However, Zwane has distinguished himself, tallying two goals against Sierra Leone and directing Bafana’s Thursday comeback victory over Mozambique by a score of 2-1.

Like Sono and Shoes in the past, Khumalo praised Mshishi’s outstanding performance and asserted that he is the person who holds the key for this generation.

On SABC Sport, Khumalo analyzed Mozambique and said, “I don’t know how they’re doing it, since even when we played against them during our age, we used to struggle the first 20 minutes.”

“At FNB Stadium, they once had a 2-0 lead over us, but we rallied and scored three goals. They lost 3-2 against us. The game was in their hands. Mozambique’s game strategy, “Let’s shut down Themba since he is the one who makes them tick and let’s not allow their wing-play to go in,” was effective and perfect, but sadly they were unable to execute it.

“Second half when they came back, it implies the person who had the key to lock Themba lost it, because Mshishi came back and mesmerized them, and that’s when South Africa started to play,” said the referee.

There is no possibility that you won’t have a person like Themba from the beginning because of the culture of South Africa. I’m not referring to the year 1992. I’m referring to 1978, which was Jomo Sono’s heyday. Mshishi is an extremely important player for our national squad.

He and Hlongwane worked well together. Mshishi carried out Clive Barker’s advice to “get Shoes and Doctor to dance.”