Following a stint with Sekhukhune United, Justin Shonga packed his bags and headed for Lusaka in his home country of Zambia, where he reunited with Nkwazi FC, the club that launched his career. So fruitful was his homecoming that since joining in September last year, he scored 10 goals and bagged seven assists in 20 appearances. The striker has since secured a move to Georgian topflight outfit Gagra. Despite all the ups and downs his career has gone through, such as having to go three months without a salary, expecting a contract renewal but not getting one at his last Mzansi side, and starting his Orlando Pirates career with a bang only to go on to lose his goalscoring touch, the 26-year-old believes there is a lot he can still offer and that a return to South Africa isn’t something he is completely averse to. And he ain’t about to agree to the notion he’s a journeyman anytime soon! Soccer Laduma’s Masebe Qina caught up with Shonga…
Masebe Qina: Hi, Justin. So, after leaving South Africa last year, you went back home, where it all started…
Justin Shonga: It is always a nice feeling to be back home because home is home at the end of the day. Really, I don’t have a lot to say on this one except to say that home is home, and it was good that I went home when the opportunity to do so presented itself. One other thing is that I went home to also work and not just to sit and do nothing.
