BMC fight turns ugly
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
The fired are head coach Daniel 'Chico' Nare, vice chairman Tiro Kganela, kit manager Donald Mopako and public relations officer Nelson Radijeng.The announcement was made through a press release signed by secretary general Modiri Garenamotse. It said the agreement to fire the four was reached at a special general meeting convened on Sunday. The communiqu further advised the media to stop any form of communication regarding the club with the four.
The four were expelled while still serving a suspension over a disciplinary matter. They were recently served with the suspension after being accused of influencing players to write a letter calling for the sack of chairperson Sonny Phiri. The suspension contradicts what BMC, the company corporate communications manager Kganela said last week when he said the committee has been dissolved.Kganela was responding to claims by the Phiri led committee that the club exists as a society and any one wanting to do business should come to them.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...