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Currently, The Bucaneers have Jackson Mabokgwane, Siyabonga Mpontshane, Brilliant Khuzwayo and Wayne Sandilands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[159,157,158,160],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-brilliant-khuzwayo","tag-jackson-mabokgwane","tag-siyabonga-mpontshane","tag-south-african"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pirates to offload two keepers ahead of Richard Ofori\u2019s impending arrival - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sport\/pirates-to-offload-two-keepers-ahead-of-richard-oforis-impending-arrival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pirates to offload two keepers ahead of Richard Ofori\u2019s impending arrival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South African giants Orlando Pirates will part ways with two goalkeepers following the imminent arrival of Richard Ofori this summer. 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