Nathi Lions was a South African

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club based in

KwaMashu KwaMashu is a township north of Durban, South Africa. The name honours Sir Marshall Campbell and means ''Place of Marshall''. KwaMashu is bordered by Newlands East to the south, Newlands West to the west, Ntuzuma to the north, Phoenix to the ...

, roughly 30 km north of

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. The team franchise was renamed

Atlie FC Atlie FC is a South African football (soccer) club based in Benoni, Gauteng. Atlie came into existence in 2011 after the club's owners bought out Durban based side Nathi Lions and moved the club to Ekurhuleni. The team were relegated from the ...

in 2011. Their best result was making it to the quarterfinals of the

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