Former Orlando Pirates kitman Pule Sithebe has explained what he believes might have been the reason behind coins being found at the centre circle of the Orlando Stadium pitch before kick-off against Richards Bay FC on Tuesday.
Sithebe knows all corners of Es'godini having worked at the Buccaneers as a kitman for all of 23 years.
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Prior to the Betway Premiership match, there was a two-minute delay to kick-off after coins were discovered at the centre circle.
Pirates collected all three points with a 1-0 win, a result that sees them open a six-point gap between them and the second-placed Mamelodi Sundowns.
"It all depends on the beliefs. Like with God, even though you don't know Him, you still believe in him," Sithebe explains, speaking exclusively to KickOff.com.
"Football is business, so anything can happen. So, I won't say yes or no for anybody.
"But thus trick of coins, no, I don't know it. I have never done it during my time at the club. It was the older generation of kitmen who used to double up as muti men, not our generation.
"Believe me when I say I was never involved in such things, unless maybe uma bebengi jumper ngaphezulu [they were hiding it from me]," says Sithebe, a popular figure among the player in the dressing room throughout his time at Bucs.
Sithebe is quick to admit that the Soweto giants, "like any club owned by black people", are staunch believers in the practice of muti.
"Sometimes, in football, you need to play mind games just to put fear in your opponents. You do it against teams you know that they do believe in muti [laughs] because you know them very well [that] they believe muti works.
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"If I know you as a club that believe in muti, as a kit man, I will just go to a tap, fill a bottle with water and go and sprinkle the water on the pitch.
"By doing that, you are making your opponent lose concentration. You are shifting their minds."