Pule is now playing in Austria after his former club Kaizer Chiefs let him go after a litany of run-ins with the law, drug and alcohol problems.

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Also back in the squad is the 'enfant terrible' of South African football, Jabu Pule, who was last in the national team set-up at the African Nations Cup finals in Tunisia in January.

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