{"id":40855,"date":"2025-11-06T17:37:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T17:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=40855"},"modified":"2025-11-06T17:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T17:37:43","slug":"motaung-jnr-sets-record-straight-on-new-kaizer-chiefs-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/06\/motaung-jnr-sets-record-straight-on-new-kaizer-chiefs-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Motaung Jnr sets record straight on new Kaizer Chiefs signing"},"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>Kaizer Chiefs fans were left puzzled after coach Cedric Kaze revealed Luke Baartman will be used in their reserve team.<\/p>\n<p>The Amakhosi Diski Challenge team are struggling this season, and Baartman has struggled to break into the first-team.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster joined the Glamour Boys at the beginning of the season from Cape Town Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>Things however haven\u2019t been going his way, with the likes of Etioso Ighodaro, Flavio Silva, Wandile Duba and Khanyisa Mayo all sitting ahead of him in the pecking order.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kaizer-chiefs-boss-sets-record-straight-on-baartman\">Kaizer Chiefs boss sets record straight on Baartman<\/h2>\n<p>Coach Kaze confirmed that the club are looking at using Baartman in the reserve team.<\/p>\n<p>For Kaze, it made sense as the reserves are struggling, and Baartman needs some playing minutes.<\/p>\n<p>However, club sporting director Kaizer Motaung Junior has since dismissed the idea!<\/p>\n<p>According to the Amakhosi boss, Luke Baartman will be given a chance in the first-team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a top talent, he\u2019s in the first team and we have big plans for Luke. He\u2019s an exceptional talent and I think everyone saw him with the World Cup U20 team,\u201d the Kaizer Chiefs boss said as quoted by <em>Citizen<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Motaung further went on to confirm that Baartman will not play Diski Challenge football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he\u2019s with the first team, with us and very excited for the day he gets his chance to show his level, he\u2019s not going to the DDC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <iframe title=\"bj_embed\" class=\"dx-embed\" id=\"dxIframe-0\" style=\"width: 100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-competition-for-places-is-tough\">Competition for places is tough<\/h2>\n<p>Baartman will have to likely wait patiently for a chance to shine. That\u2019s because the Kaizer Chiefs attack is currently locked and loaded.<\/p>\n<p>Flavio Silva has four goals to his name this season for while Etioso Ighodaro has one. <\/p>\n<p>Khanyisa Mayo is currently injured however given his quality, it would be impossible for the coaching staff to look past him when he returns to the green grass.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s still Tashreeq Morris and Naledi Hlongwane also waiting in the winds for Kaizer Chiefs.<\/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#Motaung #Jnr #sets #record #straight #Kaizer #Chiefs #signing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaizer Chiefs fans were left puzzled after coach Cedric Kaze revealed Luke Baartman will be used in their reserve team.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40855","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\/40855","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=40855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40857,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40855\/revisions\/40857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}