Fani Madida talks about the problems Chippa United are facing in the Betway Premiership! | OneFootball

The former Kaizer Chiefs star knows exactly what he's saying.

Fani Madida talks about the problems Chippa United are facing in the Betway Premiership!

The storm clouds have long gathered over Chippa United, but one voice has cut through the noise, attributing the tempest not to fate, but to a single source. Fani Madida, a name etched in South African football history, offers a blunt diagnosis for the club's relentless turmoil: the problem begins and ends in the owner's suite.

"There is no mystery here," Madida stated plainly to FARPost. "This is a self-inflicted crisis, engineered by the owner. We all know that Chippa [Mpengesi] himself is the core of the issue."

Madida paints a picture of a club sabotaging its own foundations before a ball is even kicked. "Consider the process," he explains. "A coach spends six weeks in pre-season, building, planning, preparing for the marathon ahead. The league begins, a clean slate for everyone. Football is a story of unpredictable chapters—wins, draws, losses—unfolding over thirty matches and cup competitions."

He then highlights the jarring disruption that has become a trademark in Gqeberha. "Then, abruptly, after a mere four games, panic sets in. Discomfort with the very coach you entrusted with your pre-season leads to interference. This isn't management; it's a blueprint for failure. You change the entire narrative midstream and expect a different ending? That mindset has no place in this sport."

For Madida, the essence of football is a virtue sorely lacking at Chippa United: patience. "This game demands it," he insists. "Yet, look at the carousel of coaches over just the last five years. And I am being polite by limiting the history to only five years."

His words land against a bleak backdrop. Anchored at the foot of the Betway Premiership with a paltry nine points from fifteen games, the "Chilli Boys" are haunted by relegation. They stagger forward, burdened by a ten-game winless streak across all competitions. This season alone, owner Siviwe 'Chippa' Mpengesi has dismissed two coaches—Sinethemba Badela and Luc Eymael—leaving Vusumuzi Vilakazi as the latest figure tasked with an almost impossible rescue mission.

With fifteen league games remaining and a potential Nedbank Cup run offering a sliver of hope, the club stands at a precipice. But according to Madida's stark narrative, their battle for survival is not just against opposing teams, but against a pattern of decision-making from the very top that consistently undermines any chance of stability or success.