Thalente Mbatha of Orlando Pirates celebrates with teammates one of their goals as they beat Orbit Colege 2-0 at Mbombela Stadium to lift the Betway Premiership title on Saturday.
“Yho. Yho. Yho!”
That could not have been my raucous reaction alone when Orlando Pirates beat Orbit College 2-0 to win the Betway Premiership at a sold-out Mbombela Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The noise came in different pitches – low to high. But the loudest moment arrived when Orbit committed two comedy errors that not only condemned them to automatic relegation, but also handed the Betway Premiership title to Pirates on a silver platter.
Orbit duo Sabelo Nkomo and Ndumiso Ngiba sensationally scored own goals that ended the Sea Robbers’ 14-year league title drought.
