โPassport is readyโ: Mama Joy to support MaMkhizeโs new club?
Jumping ship? Royal AMโs โnumber one supporterโ Mama Joy is ready to fly out to support MaMkhizeโs new football club.
South Africaโs most recognisable sports supporter, Mama Joy โ real name Joy Chauke โ has pledged her allegiance to MaMkhizeโsย new soccer club,ย Mbalane Highlanders AM FC. This comes months after the businesswomanโs South African team, Royal AM, for which Chauke was an unofficial ambassador, was expelled from the PSL.
Over the weekend, MaMkhize confirmed that she had inked a three-year presidency deal with the eSwatini club.
MAMA JOY BACKS MAMKHIZEโS NEW CLUB
In a post on her X account, Mama Joy not only praised MaMkhizeโs new venture as Mbalane Highlanders AM FC president but also offered her support.
She posted: โMbabane Highlanders Am FC, we are ready to cross the border to Eswatini. Passports are ready.โ
In another post, she shared about MaMkhize: โBack with a bangโ.
Just a few months ago, Mama Joy โ who branded herself as โRoyal AMโs number one fanโ, sharedย an emotional postย about the end of the road for the club.
Posting a collage of pics of her supporting Thwili Thwala, she shared: โItโs overโฆthanks Ma for giving me an opportunity to be Royal Am superfan. You treated me with dignity, with love, like one of your family members. I enjoyed [it] and thank other Royal Am supporters for showing me love. Royal Am was my family.โ
Mama Joy went on to post that she now faced โno homeโ in the PSL.
ON HER PAYROLL?
In 2023, Mama Joy denied reports that she was on MaMkhizeโs payroll as a then Royal AM supporter.
Speaking onย Robert Marawaโsย Marawa Sports Worldwide, Chauke admitted she was friends with the businesswoman and often attended the PSL club games.
Mama Joy and MaMkhize
Images via X:
@joychauke5
When Robert bluntly asked if MaMkhize paid her for her unofficial ambassadorship, she responded: โNo. People are going to say, โYou chowed Mamkhizeโs moneyโ. I donโt know what to say!
โIโm a Royal AM supporter, and she will follow me and check in on me. I donโt get paid by her for what I do. I do it for the love of the gameโ.
