Times Of Swaziland: ‘FOOTBALL ‘KOKI’S 2ND WIFE’

‘FOOTBALL ‘KOKI’S 2ND WIFE’
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BY THEMBA ZWANE on 05/09/2020 08:49:00


MBABANE – Widow to deceased coach Thabo ‘Koki’ Vilakati, Zodwa, considered
football as her husband’s second wife.
That is how much the former Mbabane Highlanders coach loved football according
to his wife, which she disclosed in a letter directed to her late husband during
his memorial service yesterday at the Mbabane Alliance Church. “He had another
woman in his life, ‘football’, and we competed but he never missed an
important family event. His family came first,” read the letter from his wife
in part.
Meanwhile, Eswatini Football Association (EFA) President Adam ‘Bomber’
Mthethwa said he couldn’t agree more with the deceased’s wife that football
was his other ‘woman’. “Koki grew up in football, his wife could have not
put it better that football was his other ‘woman’. He was not that much
talented in playing but I was always there to help him through even if it was
tough,” said the president jokingly.
Mthethwa said despite the fact that playing football did not work out for
Vilakati, he excelled in his coaching job and broke all local records. “On
behalf of the EFA, PLE and all our affiliates, we would like to express our
heart-felt condolences for this loss,” he said.
The president further stated that he had been in football for years and the
people he had worked with had become his children, stating that he started to
feel a sense of irrelevance at the organisation due to the growing number of
years.