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In conversation with Jan Sehlapelo, an active member of Diepsloot Kaizer Chiefs supporters’ branch. He unpacks how his love for the Soweto giants came about.   By Kgothatso Malepe Jan describes the atmosphere during his first time at the stadium as electrifying and exciting. Until that one fateful day in 1992 where team of his of heart was facing Wits University, Jan had watched Kaizer Chiefs matches on a black and white television back at his home in a small village called Spitzkop, Limpopo. "In my village, it was only my family that had a tv, black and white television. So people would gather to watch games, especially when Chiefs was playing". His Soweto giants love story is an interesting one, it is one that was derived out of a challenge with childhood friends. He explains that most of his friends were smitten by Moroka Swallows and Witbank Aces so he thought he should add a dash of more Soweto flavour to the crew. The love affair with Iwisa Kaizer Chiefs grew st