Ndlovu left City to pursue law studies at University of Limpopo but his departure left a bitter taste with the club's hierarchy after he failed to do proper goodbyes.
Now in his third year of his LLB studies, he is asking for forgiveness from the Polokwane City boss and the club that gave him an opportunity to play professional football.
"I was fortunate enough to have been with Polokwane City and this is the team that gave me the opportunity to play in the premier league for five years," Ndlovu opens up to snl24.com/kickoff.
"When I signed my contract with Polokwane City I was still left with two years to complete my information science degree, and because they believed in me the chairman of the team gave me a contract while I was still a student.
"And that for me will always make me understand how much it meant for Mr Mogaladi to have given a young man from his province an opportunity to be part of his team, and for that I am forever grateful to the chairman.
"I always had a great relationship with everyone in the team, the supporters, management, my teammates and different technical teams that I worked under.
"I believe somehow I've dropped the ball and it cost my career but I'm glad because I now know better than before.
"And as much as it was never an issue of discipline, because I've never been a player who gave coaches and management problems, but you know sometimes in our industry you get a lot of pressure and if you are really not strong enough you crack, and I happened to be a victim of cracking under immense stress.
"I believe I took wrong advice to be honest, but again I wouldn't want to blame anyone but myself because no one forced me out but my reality at the time.
"Polokwane City have always supported me in my studies and they were there to push me to continue studying because the chairman always complimented my choices regarding my studies, which showed me that he was proud of having a player in his team that is balancing the two [football and education]."
Ndlovu is currently an ambassador for Boots For Africa where he does motivational talks for kids in underprivileged communities and is also an activist against gender-based violence.
"I shouldn't have left Polokwane because honestly after leaving the team nothing went well in my career and it has only been a year since I haven't been in the PSL, but it feels like thousands years," Ndlovu continues.
"You know the setup and the level in the league is world class and once you taste it you struggle when you are not there anymore. After all that I experienced with the team I have realised that I need to humble myself and ask to be forgiven from the people who have given me an opportunity to be in that level in my football career.
"Polokwane City management and the chairman of the team deserve my sincere and humble apology and I am really not going to justify myself in any way, because I know I should have done things the best way possible, but instead I opted to disrespect the chairman's wishes and left the team as he never wanted me to leave.
"I regret leaving the team and going back to the team, if the opportunity arises, I don't think it will be a hard decision to make because I've always been loved and appreciated there, and I still regard the team as home.
"I have grown through so much difficulties and I am really glad that at least I got to grow and be mature enough to know better regarding life and understand that when you know that you've wronged people you learn to apologise regardless of what people will say or think about you, because I chose to throw away my ego and respect the team enough and apologise. I owe Polokwane City that much.
"I am still 29 and I still have a long way to go with my career but what's important right now is to sincerely make sure that the team that gave me the opportunity to work and take care of my family receives my apologies with no justifications.
"I hope the young and upcoming soccer players will learn something from my experience, and I'm hoping that our current football players will learn something from my experience too."