'I am seeing players that had millions of rands in their bank accounts‚ but now they have nothing. How did we get here?' Ofentse_Ratsie
The 34-year-old is already planning life after football and earned a Political Science and Social Studies degree from the Wits University on Thursday morning.
Gaxa‚ who was part of the Bafana squad that played in the 2010 World Cup at home‚ said he was pushed to read and study having seen most of his colleagues go broke and fall on hard times soon after hanging up their boots."I am seeing players that had millions of rands in their bank accounts‚ but now they have nothing. How did we get here?" Gaxa said."Players must read financial books‚ hire tutors because they get paid lots of money and they can afford that.
"When I was studying at Chiefs‚ others didn’t see the importance of what I was doing and I didn’t understand why‚" he said."After retirement players go back to the same poverty where they come from and that really breaks my heart." A true example of there’s life before, during and afta football. He inspired me to work hard on the field and keeps doing that off the field. He’s always been a hardworker and proud of this dude. Let’s live, learn and appreciate the good that are done by…
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