By OBAKENG MAJE
25 June 2025- The Orbit College FC coach, Pogiso Makhoye who guided his team to promotion to South Africa’s top-flight after beating Cape Town City FC 1-0 at Olympia Park Stadium in Rustenburg on Wednesday said, even though it was hard, they managed through discipline, dedication and determination. Makhoye said their promotion to the Betway Premier Soccer League (PSL) is a momentous achievement as they started this journey 15 years ago.
“The promotion highlights the culmination of effort, strategic planning and a strong team identity. It was difficult and when we played Durban City FC, I thought we would not make it, but with the grace of God, here we are.
“So, I would like to thank Mr Mosito. When we started this team 15 years ago, he was the man who was behind me. I would also like to thank Nkosana and Mpume Khoza for always guiding me. They are my mentors and they believed in me,” he said.
Makhoye further said they always believed that, one day they will make history. He added that they signed players in January 2025, to bring experience because they were the second best team in the ABC Motsepe League.
“Truly speaking, we deserve to be here. We took Durban City FC toe-to-toe to the last day and we knew this was our moment. We would also like to thank the people of Bokone Bophirima for rallied behind us.
“I always wanted to promote this team to the elite league. I said to my players that, every time when I opened the scripture, it spoke about Moses, now today I am that Moses who takes Israelites from Egypt to the land of honey, which is Canaan,” said Makhoye.
He also congratulated his players.
Meanwhile, the Cape Town City FC coach, Roger De Sa said: “We created scoring opportunities, but we did not use them. Truly, we had many chances, but we gave them away. So, I guess this is what it is.
“This is a horrible situation we have found ourselves in since the start of the season. We created many chances, but we did not take them.”
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