Career
Youth Born in Mzimhlophe, he lived a street away from Ryder Mofokeng. He played for White City Lucky Brothers with Mofokeng. When he was signed from Mzimhlophe Callies at age 19, he became a teammate of Jomo Sono.
He nearly earned 100 appearances for Chiefs.
He also appeared in a handful of indoor matches for the Chiefs at that time
Lichaba was brought back to his home country by his retired former teammate Jomo Sono who had acquired a team In the 1986 season, he set the record for the most starts in a season, 46.
He retired at the age of 37. In 2001 he became an assistant coach at Supersport United and their team manager in 2003 onwards.