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Ethiopia’s Coffee aroma attracts Morake

Ball-rolling: Morake is close to making his debut for Ethiopia Coffee PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Ball-rolling: Morake is close to making his debut for Ethiopia Coffee PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

A route down south to the South African league football has been the most preferred destination for local footballers for decades now.

Other destinations have emerged in North Africa and the Middle East where three Zebras players are currently employed. However, former Zebras goalkeeper, Ezekiel Morake has taken a new route to East Africa.

The goalkeeper last month traded the diamonds in Jwaneng for the coffee in Ethiopia. Morake penned a two-year deal with Ethiopian Premier League side, Ethiopia Coffee SC (Ye Ethiopia Bunna SC) on a free transfer after leaving Jwaneng Galaxy. ‘Zakes’ becomes the first local player to move to the Ethiopian league. But how did the move come to materialise? “The club has been tracking me for a while, in fact, during the CAF Champions League matches.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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