Rollers �concerned group� vows to fight on
Boitumelo Khutsafalo | Friday February 12, 2016 12:10
Led by one of the club elders, Allen Compton, the group is in the process of filing an application at the courts for contempt as well as seeking the court to render the recent annual general meeting null and void.
“Let it be clear that we do not have a problem with Jagdish or any other investor. But we will not allow a violent takeover of our club. All we are saying that if Jagdish is interested in coming in as an investor, he should do so lawfully,” Compton told Mmegi Sport yesterday.
Compton was accompanied by the concerned group’s spokesperson, Leonard Tshupelo who said they have measures in place in case a situation erupts where the club would need financial assistance for the day-to-day running of the team. He said the current relationship is not going to work since no laws have been observed.
“We can assure you that we have plans in place to ensure that there is continuity as far as the finance of the club is concerned,” he said. He said even the clauses, which have been put into the lease proposal for the incoming investor, are “ridiculous”.
The AGM recently adopted a Hybrid model where they agreed to lease one of their properties, the men’s football team to Shah.
However, the concerned group said the lease agreement will only benefit the investor and not the club in any way. They said the current arrangement is not constitutional hence their intention to challenge it in court. “The proper arrangement would be to create an investment wing as a society and allow investors into that wing including Jagdish. And this lease agreement, which was apparently agreed upon at the AGM, would solely benefit him and not the society. The lease even states that in case someone wants to take over from him, he has to provide a P10 million-bank balance within two days. Who can afford that? Ten million in two days?” Tshupelo further said.
He said they would not consider the January 30 meeting constitutional because some members had been denied entry into the hall.
“It was not a Township Rollers FC meeting, but rather a Township Holdings meeting because only those who were holding membership cards for Township Holdings were allowed entry,” he said. He confirmed that their lawyer is currently in the process of taking the matter to court. The group is also challenging the amendment of the constitution as agreed at the January 30 meeting.
“Our constitution clearly states that an amendment to the constitution should be done by two-thirds majority of the general membership and that did not happen,” Compton said yesterday.
They said they had tried in vain to engage the executive committee. “The treasurer even failed to provide financial report because the High Court judgment has not been complied with. The financials of the club are still been done by the company and not the society,” he added.