Chiefs on Thursday announced the signing of Ntshangase from Baroka on a two-and-a-half year contract amid competition for the midfielder’s services from Bloemfontein Celtic.
"Lots of things happen behind the scenes, a lot, and if you are not firm you will be sent from pillar to post," Mahlakgane tells this website.
"So you need to have a firm position and stand by it, regardless of whether there's a storm, wind or there's rain. You can't move because otherwise you will end up being like everybody else.
"For me the principle is one… I asked the guys from Baroka why do you wanna loan the player out? 'No, Chiefs wanna have a look at him for six months then they'll decide'. I said to them it's not about Chiefs, it's about the player. I represent the player. If the reason doesn't benefit the player the deal is off.
"You were right whatever you said with Kgoloko [Bakgaga coach Thobejane] that I'm pushing for [an] outright [move]. I was pushing for outright because I found it to be insulting [to loan the player] and it sounded more like this boy was going to be on trial for six months at Chiefs.
"But it doesn't matter... as we speak now he is doing a medical then he is going back to Polokwane, then he will be back on Monday."
Mahlakgane insisted the medical was a formality.
"The deal is done, it's not as if the boy has a broken spine or... he's fit and he was playing at Baroka. The fact that he was signed up by Baroka [means] he has passed a medical that side. You know the story about a medical, it is just to satisfy the club except if the player is injured."