Captain’s Journey

Neil Tovey is one of South Africa's most successful footballers. In the 1980s and 1990s he played for Durban City, AmaZulu and Kaizer Chiefs, becoming Chiefs captain for seven years. Tovey was also captain of South Africa's national football team, Bafana Bafana, leading them to victory at the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations. After retiring as a player, he moved into coaching and is now technical director of the South African Football Association (SAFA).

Ernest Landheer was born in Holland and moved to South Africa in 1997 after marrying his South African wife, Laura Joyce. Since then, he has contributed to the soccer magazine Kick Off and was the editor of Kaizer Chiefs' Amakhosi magazine. He also worked for a few soccer publications in Holland, including Voetbal International. He wrote the autobiography of Roger de Sa, Man of Action, which was published in 2002. He also published two books in Holland: about the former soccer player Dojo Perazic (2006) and about Brazilian soccer, God is een Braziliaan (2014). He is now the research and publishing manager at Kaizer Chiefs.