Mthethwa joined Chiefs just a day before the transfer window deadline in September 2023 from Stellenbosch FC. He told SABC Sport he juggled working in a textile factory and playing in the Motsepe Foundation Championship with Royal Eagles during the Covid-19 enforced bio-bubble in 2020.
“I started playing in 2020, where we finished games during the bubble. I ended up playing six games there, and then I went for trials with Black Leopards [also in the lower division], he said during the recent trip with Bafana Bafana in Ivory Coast.
“I would train early in the morning before clocking at the textile factory. I’d either run a 5km, on my way to work and shower there before I start working. Then after work, I’d be back [to jogging] on my way home. If it’s a night shift, I’d do some form of training before going home”, he continued.
Following a good start of the 2022-23 South African Premier Division campaign, he was suggested for a callup to Bafana Bafana. Only three Stellenbosch players had been called up before, these being Athenkosi Mcaba, Antonio van Wyk and Jayden Adams.The callup came for two friendly matches in September 2022. He featured in one of the games, against Botswana. Mthethwa was subsequently called up to the 2023 COSAFA Cup as well.
Nearing the end of the season, several clubs were linked with buying Mthethwa, including Kaizer Chiefs and AmaZulu. Stellenbosch manager Steve Barker was reluctant to sell to a South African club, but was “not going to stand in the way when a European team comes in for one of our players, and he’s got an opportunity to play at a higher level”.
Biography
Salary
According to unverified information, the Bafana Bafana midfielder is believed to be pocketing around R100 000 per month at Kaizer Chiefs.
Currently, his estimated net worth is one million rand. That will undoubtedly rise in due course, as an opinion.
Lifestyle
“I’m not a social media person.” Says Mthethwa.