Cornered Sebego says he won�t quit
Mqondisi Dube | Friday June 17, 2016 13:42
The mounting football problems could have floored the feeble. Sebego has received probably the harshest criticism in his brief tenure at the helm of the football mother body.
His rival for football’s biggest job, Maclean Letshwiti has wasted little time, ruthlessly tearing into Sebego, accusing him of being a “weak and visionless” leader.
Other critics have said the BFA has never witnessed such calamities in its history after the mid season registration of Ofentse Nato sent football reeling. The brawling has increasingly gotten ugly. Sebego has been accused of failing to stamp his authority and show leadership at a time when football was crying out loud for a leader.
He has argued he had to let due processes proceed undisturbed or without interference. Those in his corner say he has been set-up to fail through an intricately woven plot. There has been talk to suspend him, with some of his colleagues at the BFA National Executive Committee (NEC) readying to pass a vote of no confidence.
The pummelling has been unrelenting. But Sebego says he is not about to throw in the towel with the July elections just over a month away. His enemies can sense the thickening smell of blood as the pounding emerges from all directions.
Only on Tuesday, when Sebego thought he had pulled a masterstroke, he watched his plan smashed into smithereens.
Sebego had called Township Rollers, Mochudi Centre Chiefs and the Botswana Premier League (BPL) to a meeting meant to clear the air around the play-off.
Chiefs appeared reluctant to take to the field and Sebego, thought he had immaculately addressed the issue, even issuing a press statement that the teams had agreed to play ball.
But within seconds, a crushing, energy-sapping blow landed.
This time, when Sebego turned and looked around, it was not Maclean Letshwiti or his camp that had delivered the blow.
The Botswana National Sport Commission stood right in front of Sebego, with bloodied gloves.
Sebego was left wondering, why the BNSC?
“I am honestly at a loss. This has been the lowest point. Unfortunately the BNSC does not seem to appreciate the boundaries of power. It’s sad,” a disbelieving Sebego reacted, after he felt the BNSC had uninvitedly jumped on to the ring and landed an illegal, but stinging blow.
“There have been times when it got hard, especially when the troubles were deliberately created. The leadership in our structures kept me going with their words of support. When I grew up I was told that the devil fights harder when you get closer to heaven. So I grow with the game,” reflected Sebego yesterday.
He said quitting has been the last thing on his mind.
“I am not a quitter, especially when I know what I am doing.”