Saturday saw Orlando Pirates set to welcome the club’s teenage sensation
Boitumelo Radiopane back from a loan spell, and the Soweto giants are
likely to unleash another young star by promoting Relebohile Ratomo to the
first team.
Ratomo has been in impressive form for Bucs’ DStv Diski Challenge side and
his pending first team promotion comes as no surprise to many of those who
have been following his career. A product of the SAFA-Transnet School of
Excellence, Ratomo had been linked with Mamelodi Sundowns before being
snapped up by the Soweto giants.
Last year, Ratomo won the Pirates U21 Cup’s Most Valuable Player of the
Tournament, as well as Gauteng’s Engen Knockout Challenge Player of the
Tournament and Midfielder of the Tournament awards respectively, among
other accolades.
These impressive performances have earned Ratomo an invitation to train
with the first team, and the young star is expected to make his debut for
the Buccaneers in the near future.
