On the field of play The Amakhosi will round off 2007 on Saturday evening when they host Black Leopards in Tshwane. Away from the field of play the club gave its staff playing and non playing members a glamorous send off on Wednesday afternoon, when the club held its annual staff lunch at the beautiful country like setting of The Middleton farm, in the heart of Morningside in Sandton just north of the Johannesburg CBD. In attendance were the clubs staff who use the annual get together to get better acquainted with each other.

Amakhosi Director Abdool Hamid Muhammad kicked off proceedings with a prayer - he was followed on the podium by Club Chairman Kaizer Motaung, with Chiefs' Marketing Manager Jessica rounding off the speakers with a vote of thanks.

Chairman thanks

Chiefs Director Hamid Muhammad began with a prayer, then it was the time for Club Chairman Kaizer Motaung to add his contributions to proceedings adding “it has been a long year which has seen various departments of the club labour hard to achieve various goals. We will in the New Year continue working hard on ensuring that we reach our set goals and targets. My message to the fans and to all the clubs staff members is to have a blessed time over the festive period and take care especially on the roads”.

Mnguni tribute

In her speech Chiefs Marketing Manager Jessica Motaung paid tribute to Chiefs slain former MC at home games Jeff Mnguni, who was murdered at the end of September for his charisma and colourful manner in which he did his job. She also thanked the club staff for their efforts over the year - she gave special thanks to the team that worked on the recently re-launched Kaizer Chiefs Supporter's Club saying. “To all those who worked on the re-launch of the supporters club, it was a trying and testing time but you all persevered and must be congratulated for keeping at it and setting up the supporters centre in Soweto”.

Relaxing time

The Chiefs annual Christmas party is one of two occasions in the year when the clubs entire staff get together in a social environment, Club Financial Manager Jason Raine, sporting a pink and silver crown and having a truly enjoyable time, said a festive looking Raine sporting a shiny party crown: “It is always nice to get together like this away from the office, the only time I get to see most of the players and other staff is when they need help with financial queries. So it’s good to get the opportunity to sit and kid around with the guys and talk about something other than rands and cents”.