How Esperance’s Mokwana overcame self-doubt to become one of Africa’s hottest properties
The stellar winger went from playing amateur football for Team General and Gembok Classic in KwaMhlanga to being one the most expensive players on the continent
23 August 2024 - 04:32
To the person who discovered him and the other who nurtured him, Elias Mokwana's rapid rise from obscurity of amateur football to Esperance in Tunisia is not surprising...
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