September 1965 when Zambia won the Rothmans Soccer trophy in a three match series in Ndola, Kitwe and Lusaka. Makwaza was first named captain of the national team in June 1967, replacing Howard Mwikuta. However, the captainship rotated as Mwila and Chama took turns in leading the squad. Makwaza regained the armband and was named permanent skipper in August 1969 after Zambia lost 2–1 away to Cameroun to bow out of the 1970 CAN race. Coaching career Makwaza was first appointed Wanderers coach in 1976 and became head coach in March 1977, the year Wanderers made history by becoming the first Zambian club to make it to the semi-finals of the Africa Club Champions Cup. They beat Moulodia of Algeria 3–2 on aggregate in September 1977, after goals by Bwalya and Benson Musonda saw them wipe out a 2–1 first leg deficit. In the semi-finals, they beat Hearts of Oak of Ghana 5–2 in the first leg in Lusaka but were eliminated on away goals after Hearts prevailed 3–0 in Accra. The fallout from this was that the Wanderers' executive was purged and Makwaza was reportedly sidelined and replaced by Ndhlovu. However, Makwaza returned to lead the team to, as well as feature in, that year's Independence Cup final which they lost to Roan United 3–2. He however refused to blame the team's poor performance on the administrative upheavals. A dejected Makwaza attributed the loss to his players taking the game casually and issued a public apology for the debacle – "I hope that any team that will be given a chance to represent the country in future will do better than us." In March 1982, Wanderers supporters held a meeting at which they discussed the lack of progress by the club in the last three years in which the club had failed to win a single trophy and laid the blame on the coach. When Makwaza heard of what had transpired, he tendered his resignation which the club accepted. Makwaza then moved to Roan United in Luanshya as coach and won the 1983 BP Challenge Cup when Roan beat favourites Rhokana United 2–0 in Lusaka. Makwaza would stay with Roan until 1993 when he moved to South Africa and coached Bloemfontein Celtic in 1994. That same year he moved to Botswana where he coached Botswana Meat Commission FC and led them to a second-place finish in the league and