Suspended First Division committee seek legal redress

Suspended chairperson, Mpezeni Sambandawe said they were disturbed by various reports, which often carried one side of the story while they were bound by procedures and could not respond adequately. He said they were not given an opportunity to either address the teams that have trusted them with votes nor the business people that they were in partnerships with, before the suspension. Sambandawe said the committee asked for the intervention of the BFA on various occasions in relation to the conduct of those who allegedly masterminded the suspensions to no avail. 

He still maintains that there has been misinformation to the BFA that is orchestrated by some people within the mother body who are hell-bent on discrediting his team for political expediency. “To this day it still remains unclear why we were suspended. There have been negative and defamatory reports about us,” he said, noting that the matter had an adverse effect on the people who trust them. “We are in consultation with our legal advisors, and we will take necessary action to clear our names. It has been bad for us.