Musa Nyatama. (Photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)
The midfielder is expected to arrive in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning to complete a medical test.
Pirates made the announcement on their official Twitter account.
Nyatama is the third signing by the Soweto giants in the current transfer window after Thamsanqa Sangweni and Wayne Sandilands.
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