YoungstaCPT and Shaney Jay Give Props to Manchester United Coach Benni McCarthy in New Single

• Unless anything else more extraordinary happens, then the moment of the 2022/23 South African football season has to be Benni McCarthy joining Manchester United
• His work as the senior men's team's forwards coach has seen the rejuvenation of its attack, as well as the resurgence of Marcus Rashford
• This has seen South Africans from all walks of life wallow in the patriotic pride created by McCarthy's elevation and success

In 1998 ahead of the FIFA World Cup, TKZee and Benni McCarthy collaborated on 'Shibobo', one of the greatest hits in South African music history.

Now, 25 years later, another group of musicians has paid tribute to the current Manchester United forwards coach. Cape Town rappers YoungstaCPTY and Shaney Jay have joined forces to release 'Benni McCarthy'.

The song is a straightforward tribute to the Bafana Bafana legend, also chronicling the path that he took to get where he is on the world football stage.

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Read the full interview about the single here.

Benni McCarthy mourns AKA

As the continent comes to grips with the slaying of one of its finest ever hip-hop artists AKA, another great export to the world paid tribute to him.

Manchester United first-team coach Benni McCarthy expressed his sadness after the murder of Kiernan Forbes, aptly nicknamed AKA. He was shot dead in Durban, with his friend Tebello 'Tibz' Motsoane also dying in the shocking attack.

McCarthy and Forbes had recently become friends, bonding over the Beautiful Game. It helped that AKA was a staunch Red Devils supporter, and had always expressed joy that a compatriot was now playing a big part in the club's resurgence under Erik Ten Hag.

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Radiopane hopes of working under McCarthy

Boitumelo Radiopane is showing the sort of ambition that should inspire other players of his generation.

The 20-year-old lethal striker hopes that one day, he can be honed by Manchester United forwards coach, Benni McCarthy. 'The Radio Man' is already under the astute tutelage of the great Sean Bartlett at Cape Town Spurs, where he is on loan from Orlando Pirates.

Radiopane announced himself during the 2021-2022 DStv Diski Challenge, where he was the leading goal, scorer.