The Vision
At age of 25 upon rejoining Orlando Pirates Football Club, his vision of turning the brand into a commercial enterprise was shunned. He started his own football club and positioned it as a club of tolerance, love and peace. It was during the time when Orlando Pirates slogan was "ezimnyama ngenkani" as the club known for being ontolerant violent and forces. A risk he took despite being warned by elders in the community about the split the rival club could cause. He soldiered on despite warnings.
He differentiated Kaizer Chiefs by bringing experienced foreign coaches not known in the country and no knowledge of local football and bought the best local players.
Today, he holds many leadership postions in football. He's amongst the founding members of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) who pioneered a new revolution that took South African football to another level, - Kickoff.com
The Pioneer
Kaizer Motaung is no stranger to trying out new things.
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His football team is the first to have its headquarters on its own land
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The first to launch a soccer magazine and TV programme on Supersport
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The club is in the process of building its own soccer stadium
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The brand has extended to other offerings such as financial services, retail, telecomms etc
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Kaizer Chiefs is the only brand within the football fraternity with its own retail store
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The brand has launched the first Centre of Excellence in partnership with North West University
