How Pirates get bums on seats
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How Pirates get bums on seats
Aug 31, 2026 – 10:55 pm
By Sipho Mlotha
In this edition of Supporters Forum, KickOff gets to hear from Orlando Pirates die-hard supporter Jwara-Bucs on how The Ghost manage to fill almost every stadium their beloved club plays in.
According to Jwara, the relationship and communication that exist among the club’s supporters branches is the only winning formula.
“Our membership is growing every day; we just welcomed the Nongoma Supporters Branch, and we were launching it officially,” shares Jwara.
“People are leaving their favourite teams because of the love we are showing them. When we visit fellow branches, we remind them how important it is for our team to have us as player-number 12 so that wherever the team goes, our players feel like they have never left the Orlando Amstel Arena.
“I run all over 9 provinces preaching the gospel of volunteering our time to the club’s matches. I tell them whenever the team is coming to their province, they must go there in numbers.
“The communication amongst our branches is so beautiful. The way we support each other during bad times, you wouldn’t believe we are just Pirates supporters, not Pirates officials. We honour a supporter during death, you would think he was part of the Pirates management.
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“So, wherever they take the MTN8 final, we are not scared of Mamelodi Sundowns’ 57 supporters. We are many. We will be playing at home,” he adds.
Bucs are away to Kruger United at Mbombela Stadium in their next league clash on Tuesday (19:30).