U-Steve Mokone

**U-Stephen Madi Mokone** OIG (23 kuNtaka 1932 – 19 kuNtaka 2015) bekangumdlali webholo weSewula Afrika obekangumdlali wokuthoma omnyama weSewula Afrika ukudlala eligi ye-Europe.

Wabizwa ngokuthi yi *-The Black Meteor* ne *-Kalamazoo* .

## Iminyaka yokuthoma
U-Mokone wabelethwa e -Doornfontein, idorobha eliseduze ne- Johannesburg, kodwana umndenakhe wathuthela e -Sophiatown ngaphambi kobana uyokuhlala e-Kilnerton e -Pitoli .

## Umsebenzi weklabhu
U-Mokone wadonsa ukutjhejwa okukhulu enarheni yakhe yeSewula Afrika, wenza ukudlala kwakhe kokuthoma e-South Africa Black XI aneminyaka eli-16 kwaphela. Umdlali we -Durban Bush Bucks bekaseduze nokutlikitla iqembu le-England i-Newcastle United kodwana kungenelela nguyise, obekamfisela bona aragele phambili neemfundo zakhe. U-Mokone wathoma umsebenzi wakhe ngo-1955 neqembu le-England i-Coventry City, lapho adlala khona imidlalo kane yeligi, washaya igoli elilodwa.  Nanyana ukuhlala kwakhe e-Coventry bekumfitjhani, waba mdlali webholo wokuthoma omnyama ukubadlalela ku-Football League.  Ngokukhamba kwesikhathi wadlala e-Netherlands no- Heracles Almelo, owamfaka amagoli amabili ekuthomeni kwakhe begodu wawina isicoco se -1958 se-Tweede Divisie ukuze abe yinduku yekilabhu.  Bekangumdlali wokuthoma wangaphandle webholo ye-Dutch.  Indawo yokuhlala e -Polman Stadion ka-Heracles ibizwa ngegama lakhe.

Ngokukhamba kwesikhathi wajoyina i-Cardiff City, wenza amagoli wokuthoma ngelanga lokuthoma lesizini ka-1959-60 mhlazi-22 kuRhoboyi wee-1959 ngesikhathi sokunqoba i-Liverpool ngo-3-2. Wenza eminye imidlalo emibili kwaphela yeligi,ngaphambi kobana atlikitliwe ngo-1959 yiqembu le-Spain i-FC Barcelona. Kodwana, ngombana i-Barcelona gade igcwalise inani layo labadlali bangaphandle, wabolekwa eqenjini le-France i-Marseille. U-Mokone ngokukhamba kwesikhathi wadlala e-Italy nge-Torino begodu e-Spain nge-Valencia CF, ngaphambi kokuqeda umsebenzi wakhe e-Canada ku-Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League ne-Hamilton Steelers, lapho asebenza khona njengomdlali-umqeqetshi, begodu e-Australia ne-Sunshine George Cross.

## Ngemva kwebholo
Ngo-1964 u-Mokone wathuthela e-United States. Lapho wagwetjwa begodu wavalelwa ngamacala ahlukileko enziwa ngo-1977 kumkakhe wangaleso sikhathi, u-Joyce Maaga Mokone, kanye nommeli wesifazane oneminyaka ema-34 obekajamele u-Joyce Mokone emacaleni wokuhlukana nokugcina umntwana ngesikhatheso. Mhlana amalanga ama-31 kuNobayeni 1978, u-Mokone wavuma icala eKhotho ePhakemeko ye-Middlesex County New Jersey ngecala lokuhlasela umkakhe nge-lye mhlana ama-20 kuNobayeni 1977. Ngemva kwalokho wagwetjwa ukuhlala iminyaka ephakathi kwe-8 ukuya kweli-12 ejele le-New Jersey State.  Ngo-1980 u-Mokone wagwetjwa e-New York County, e-New York, asolwa ngokuhlela ukuhlaselwa kommeli womkakhe, u-Ann Boylan Rogers, lapho i-sulfuric acid yaphoselwa ebusweni bakhe ngaphandle kwekhaya lakhe e-Manhattan mhlana ali-8 kuNobayeni 1977.  U-Rogers watjhiywa angakazwisiseki khulu begodu amehlo munye. U-Mokone wafunyanwa anecala lokuhlasela nge-First Degree ngoMeyi 1980 begodu ngokukhamba kwesikhathi wagwetjwa ukuhlala iminyaka emi-5 ukuya kweli-15 ejele le-New York State ngemva kokuqeda isigwebo sakhe se-New Jersey. Wakhululwa esitokisini ngoRhoboyi wee-1990. U-Mokone bekasolo aphika icala lakhe begodu wathi bekaqothelwe khulukhulu ngebanga lokuhlobana kwakhe ne- ANC, elwisana nebandlululo, ebegade ithathwa njengesiqhema samaphekula yi- CIA . U-Tom Egbers, ekuphenyweni kwecala, waphawula ukungenelela okuthileko nokusolisako kwe-CIA ne- FBI nokudoswa phambili kwabofakazi ngamapholisa. 

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