HOLLAND-based midfielder Kamohelo Mokotjo has been included in the South African Under-23 national side to play Namibia in an international friendly in Windhoek on August 10.

The team, which include goalie Darren Keet who recently relocated to Belgium,  is expected to be announced by coach Ephraim “Shakes’ Mashaba on Friday.

Mashaba is using the friendly to prepare the team for the 2011 All Africa Games finals in Maputo, Mozambique,  next month.

Quote from Kamohelo Mokotjo when he was 12 years old:

“Success is not about hocus pocus; it is about focus, focus!”

The Namibia-bound full squad is:

Goalkeepers – Boalefa Pule (SuperSport United), Brilliant Khuzwayo (AmaZulu), Darren Keet (BidVest Wits);

Defenders – Siyabonga Zulu, Sibusiso Mxoyana (both Orlando Pirates), Mulomowandau Mathoho (Bloemfontein Celtic); Thulani Hlatshwayo (Ajax Cape Town), Doctor Mampuru, Wandisile Letlabika, Ramahlwe Mphahlele (all from Mamelodi Sundowns), Gladwin Shitolo (Jomo Cosmos)

Midfielders – Thandani Ntshumayelo (SuperSport United), Thabang Motau, Mlungisi Mbunjana(University of Johannesburg), Sibusiso Vilakazi, Bongolethu Jayiya (both BidVest Wits), Thamsanqa Sangweni (AmaZulu), Sameehg Doutie (Pirates), Themba Zwane (Sundowns), Mandla Masango (Kaizer Chiefs), Mokotjo (Feyenoord Rotterdam F.C (Holland), Sici Shilembe (Ajax Cape Town);

Strikers – Bongani Ndulula (Pirates), Phumelele Bhengu (Bay United) and Wish Ntombela (Witbank Spurs).

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