Siwahla recently left Lions to take up a role as the Under-18 coach at Cape Town Spurs, a ABC Motsepe Foundation side. Following his departure, he told FARPost that he had "built the team from nothing" and expressed pride in his achievements at Lerumo Lions.
"When I was at Lerumo Lions, I accomplished a lot there. So, I believe I built that team from nothing to what it is now. I am proud of myself. I was able to create something from nothing, and it has become something big," Siwahla said.
"At the same time, I managed to produce players, some of whom are now playing professionally. They come from my hands - raw talent that I selected from trials. I identified them with my eyes, and they made it."
Marokana, however, found Siwahla's remarks offensive and misleading, stressing that Lerumo Lions' growth cannot be credited to a single individual.
"I felt it was more about Lerumo, and Mkhanyiseli does not make Lerumo," she said.
"For me, that was very offensive - that he cannot stand on his own to talk about what he achieved without mentioning Lerumo. It's as if he needs to stay relevant by using Lerumo's name. He is not part of the Lerumo brand. He never started Lerumo, and he never contributed a single cent to it."
The chairwoman also issued a warning, urging Siwahla not to "bite the hand that feeds you."
"If the man has done all the things he says he has done for the club, why should I, as a stranger, be the one to help him out? That's basically saying I did nothing for him," she continued.
"I went through a lot of sacrifices to help bail the man out of his problems. You never, ever, bite the hand that feeds you. That's very important because tomorrow, you don't know where you will end up again."
