The 30-year-old defender has returned to South Africa after penning a one and half-year contract with the Mpumalanga based outfit after parting ways with BDF of Botswana.<\/p>\n
He was issued with a work permit last week to finally make his debut for United, where he has reunited with former Bantu FC coach and teammate in Abraham Mongoya and Moloisane Ramasimong respectively.<\/p>\n
Mkhwanazi is not new to South African football having previously played for now defunct Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila for a season.<\/p>\n
The Lesotho international, who scored Likuena\u2019s first goal in the ongoing 2026 World Cup Qualifiers in a one-all draw against Nigeria in Uyo, admitted that his side had to dig deep to win the match playing with a man down in the second half.<\/p>\n
“It was a tough match based on the fact that Amatuks are always a very competitive side, and I think we were the better team especially in the first half,” Mkhwanazi said.<\/p>\n
“Unfortunately, we had a red card in the second half which I think worked against us as they had a one-man advantage, but we still managed to win the game.”<\/p>\n
The no-nonsense defender stated that having his former Bantu coach and teammate at his new club made life easy for him to settle down quickly at his new home.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt helped me a lot arriving at a new club and finding familiar faces who know what I\u2019m capable of and what I can contribute to help the team,\u201d the Likuena defender added.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou always have a lot to prove when you arrive at a new club and I could see that some of my teammates don\u2019t believe in my abilities, but I was assigned to mark Thamsanqa Gabuza, which I think I did perfectly.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow I can see that I have earned the trust of my new teammates, and they came to congratulate me after doing the work on Gabuza, whom they feel is always a threat especially in the air, but I went pound to pound with him on Sunday as we registered a win,\u201d he said.