I used to call him the encyclopedia of Sundowns - Kekana on the late Shakoane.

Former Mamelodi Sundowns captain, Hlompho Kekana, has paid a heartfelt tribute to the late club PRO and Communications manager, Alex Shakoane.

Kekana, who was captain when Sundowns lifted their historic CAF Champions League title, says Shakoane was a man of principle, honor, integrity, as well as a protector.

When one wanted to know about the Sundowns culture, according to Kekana, Shakoane was your man.

"A father, an uncle, a grandfather, whatever you want to call him, but for me he was a man of principle, a man of honor, integrity and he was a protector. With him you’d feel safe, even with things that frustrated me as a footballer and a human being when I got to Sundowns, I would easily talk to him and he always had an answer (solution) for every challenge I was facing," Kekana told Mamelodi Sundowns media department.

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"You can easily say you were safer around him [because] he could make the environment feel safe for you to express yourself within and around him. I will miss his stories, every time I’d see him I would ask him about the culture of Mamelodi Sundowns. He was the only person that I know who has seen Sundowns from generation to generation. 

"He knew what the background of the club was and I used to call him the encyclopedia of Sundowns and the historian of football in South Africa."