{"id":40381,"date":"2025-11-02T03:10:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T03:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=40381"},"modified":"2025-11-02T03:10:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T03:10:52","slug":"spotted-forgotten-orlando-pirates-midfield-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/02\/spotted-forgotten-orlando-pirates-midfield-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten Orlando Pirates midfield star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Orlando Pirates and the Betway Premiership Midfielder of the Season, Makhehlene Makhaula, has not kicked a ball since last season.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old suffered a serious ankle injury on 14 May during a 3-0 win over Golden Arrows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-previous-update-on-orlando-pirates-midfield-enforcer-makhehlene-makhaula\">PREVIOUS UPDATE ON ORLANDO PIRATES MIDFIELD ENFORCER MAKHEHLENE MAKHAULA<\/h2>\n<p>According to coach Abdeslam Ouaddou\u2019s update in October, Makhaula made progress but suffered lingering pain due to the severity of the type of injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a player suffers an injury of such magnitude, residual pain is a common issue,\u201d Ouaddou told the media last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn conjunction with the medical department, we have taken a prudent approach to avoid exacerbating the injury. As a result, Makhaula has resumed the recovery process and is on the cusp of rejoining training. Currently, he is running, and I am optimistic that he will reintegrate with the team shortly.<\/p>\n<p>The French-Moroccan coach expressed that he had the pleasure of observing Makhaula before his tenure and praised the midfielder\u2019s exceptional character, leadership qualities, and potential to elevate the team\u2019s overall performance.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-latest-update\">LATEST UPDATE<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Randfontein-born star has finally started full training alongside his Orlando Pirates teammates at the Rand Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Makhaula will return to compete with new signing Sihle Nduli, who has been phenomenal since his arrival from Stellenbosch FC. Born in Umzumbe, KZN, the 30-year-old has played 16 out of 18 games for Orlando Pirates this season.<\/p>\n<p>Also read: Sundowns and Pirates produce entertaining draw<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Forgotten #Orlando #Pirates #midfield #star<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orlando Pirates and the Betway Premiership Midfielder of the Season, Makhehlene Makhaula, has not kicked a ball since last season.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40383,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40381\/revisions\/40383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}