A former Kaizer Chiefs coach has been axed by a Betway Premiership club, just three months after his appointment.
Molefi Ntseki, who was in charge of Amakhosi in the 2023/24 Betway Premiership, has been released by Marumo Gallants.
Ntseki was appointed technical director in November 2024. The club has also released Head Coach Dan Malesela following its struggle to improve its league standing.
Gallants are currently sitting in 14th place on the log with just four wins from 17 matches. “The club appreciates their contributions and wishes them well in their future endeavours,” a club statement confirmed.
The club further said assistant coaches Sundra Govender and Duncan Lechesa will oversee the team. Gallants are currently in talks with Moroccan coach Abdeslam Ouaddou.
The former AS Vita coach is already in South Africa to conclude discussions with the club. The Blomfontein-based side said “discussions are underway” and were looking to finalise “the process of appointing a permanent head coach”.
At the Soweto giants, where he started off as head of technical and youth development, Ntseki was fired just five months after he was appointed. The former Bafana Bafana coach joined the struggling Soweto side in June 2023.
His departure became increasingly likely when Amakhosi’s supporters began pelting him with projectiles after a series of disappointing results.
He joined a long list of mentors who have come and gone without delivering the desired results to a club that is historically one of the most successful on the African continent.
These include Steve Komphela, Giovanni Solinas, Ernst Middendorp, Gavin Hunt and Arthur Zwane. Even the rehiring of the last tactician to bring happiness to Amakhosi eight years ago – Stuart Baxter – did not yield the silverware that would snap the barren run.