NEWS: Cavin Johnson tries to explain poor turnout as Kaizer Chiefs honour club legend Itumeleng Khune

The Glamour Boys’ DStv Premiership encounter against Polokwane City at FNB Stadium on Saturday was a big occasion for skipper Itumeleng Khune who was honoured for 25 years of service to the club.

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However, the crowd turnout at FNB Stadium was underwhelming with Johnson claiming, tongue firmly in cheek that the upcoming national elections played a role in the low turnout.

“Regarding the supporters, I think when you look back and you look at what we’ve been doing, I think we are still one of the teams in the PSL with the most supporters in any one game,” Jonson said.

“So yes, we expected to have more but today we didn’t.

“But you look back and you look at what’s happening around the country, there’s a lot of elections.

“People are saying, ‘Hey let me go elect so I can get Sassa more or let me go here to see what they are doing’.

“Are they going to burn or fix our roads? So we are faced with a lot of those, competitions if I may say in our sporting.

“If we never had that I’m sure if they (fans) had found that Itu was being honoured, our supporters would have been here much more.

“But now they’ve got to weigh their options. Are they going to close the pothole or must I go watch Kaizer Chiefs on Saturday? I want to close the pothole because that’s why we have problems in our communities.

“That for me is a lot, they’ve got to think about all those things.

“Our supporters are also very important to us but like we say, today they never came out in their numbers.

“But I know for a fact, wherever we go we always have the most supporters.

“It’s been three games now that we’ve not won. People want us to win games and score goals and that’s not happening.

“Hopefully, in Cape Town, we will have a good following and we will score goals.”

 Amakhosi will play their last match of the 2023/24 DStv Premiership against relegated Cape Town Spurs on Saturday.

Kick-off is at 15:00.