Samkelo started playing street football just for fun,he enjoyed it so much ,also stating they used to bet R2 and R5s by that time. He stated didn’t have the mindset of playing soccer seriously also was not even aware one day will take soccer as his career. The person influenced and inspired him was his dad Mr Zwane,his Dad is owning a football team,so he told him should stop playing street football and take football seriously by start attending training sessions of Mbombela Real Stars Fc Campaigning in the LFA.His idol in football is Christiano Ronaldo.Samkelo wants to see changes in South African Football especially Kasi Boys taking football seriously by working harder and stay discipline also they must have a vision to play football professional ,also hinted he wants to see teams from Mpumalanga to have proper structures regarding their development teams so it can be easily for football scouts coming all over the world to recognize the talent ,through observation and assessment.Lessons he learned during his football journey, is that if you work hard and stay dedicated to whatever you want to achieve in life and soccer you can get it just for praying harder to God .According to Samkelo his career just started to show improvement and he once participated in the Selati Cup in Matsulu was also his achievement because its one of the best tournaments, his Best mentor especially to him was Coach Vusi Vilakati from Mbombela Real Stars Fc.Samkelo s ‘personal goals is to represent his Country (South African National Team) and to play in the highest professional League until he reaches 40 years,Basically his dad gives him the best motivations every day .In 3 years time he d’ love to see himself playing in Glad Africa League which is his first priority ,he wants to achieve that goal before anything insisted he will continue working harder .
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