Off course they do. I think even some of the hardest enemies of the club will not dispute that Motsepe has again assembled a mean team. In football money can buy you success and that is a fact Sundowns have lived since the days of Zola Mahobe. For those who are too young, Mr. Know it ALL will give you a short lesson in South Africa Football History. These were the days when Standard Bank (without their knowledge) backed Sundowns. In 1985, thirty-one year old Mahobe bought Mamelodi, reputedly for R100 000. Then, in his determination to take the team to the top of the league, he went on an unprecedented spending spree. Over the next two years, it was estimated that he spent over R2-million on the club. He paid record fees for the country's top players and rewarded his new signings with expensive gifts, including top-of-the-range BMW cars. Suddenly, Sundowns were a force to be reckoned with alongside Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates. In May 1986, for example, he took the entire Sundowns team, plus wives and girlfriends - a total of 53 people on all-expenses paid trip to the FA Cup Final in London. It was only later that people would realise that Standard Bank was unwittingly paying for this extravagance, one Snowy Moshoeshoe who was Zola’s lover had aided and abetted her lover to squander over R10-million! Standard Bank offered a reward of R10 000 for any information that led to Mahobe's arrest. This was later increased to R50 000. Nevertheless, Mahobe remained a fugitive for almost nine months.He was finally arrested in Gaborone by the Botswana police (at the request of the South African Police) On 12 January, 1989, the Magistrate, Mr A.B. Booysens sentenced Zolo Mahobe to a total of 29 years in prison after finding him guilty on all five counts of theft.STORY continues:http://diskioff-mrknowitall.blogspot.com/
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