In our latest feature of Where Are They Now, KickOff catches up with Orlando Pirates legend Albert "Bashin" Mahlangu on life after football.
Who am I?
"I was born in Ermelo in Mpumalanga province, my father used to work in the mines on that side.
"I played for a team called Mighty ABC in Ermelo, that's where I was spotted, I came to Cleveland to play for Western Tigers.
"Both Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns showed an interest in me, I trained with Pirates for a week, that's the same week where China Hlongwane was stabbed at Ellis Park.
"After that incident, I decided to stop training with Pirates and went to Sundowns. The stabbing and fights at Pirates were too much for me.
"But my stay at Sundowns was not a pleasant one also. When Zola Mahobe bought Sundowns, Screamer Tshabalala became the head coach.
"Screamer told the management that me and Basil Steenkamp were not in his plans.
"We were swopped with Ace Khuse, who was from Pirates."
My playing days
"I enjoyed them a lot, especially when I started playing for Pirates. I joined them from Mamelodi Sundowns."
Did you make money from soccer?
"In our time, we were clueless about the signing-on fees. We just played because we had passion.
"During the day you had a nine-to-five job, and in the evening, you went to training.
"After five I rushed to the Orlando Pirates training session. If I remember very well those days we were earning around R3500 at Pirates.
"I used to clean a hostel in Rosherville, at the same time playing for Pirates. Those days footballers didn't see themselves as celebrities.
"The money I earned cleaning the hostel bought me a house here in Vosloorus. Even now I'm still living in that house."
Jobs since playing the game?
"I have never had a job since I retired from football.
"How do I put bread on the table? I'm a hustler."
If I could do it again
"We played during the Apartheid era, otherwise I could have gone overseas.
"99% of the players who played during my time could have gone overseas if it wasn't for Apartheid.
"I wish I could change that, but South Africa was banned because of the Apartheid government."