Chiefs Clear Debt, Await FIFA Verdict

Chiefs meet: Mochudi Centre Chiefs supporters at the AGM PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Chiefs meet: Mochudi Centre Chiefs supporters at the AGM PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

MOCHUDI: There was good news delivered to scores of Mochudi Centre Chiefs fans at Saturday’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) after the club managed to clear a P116,665 debt owed to former coach Philani Mabhena.

Magosi were last year ordered by FIFA to pay Mabhena his dues after he filed an unfair dismissal complain against the team. The club was given until December 10 to settle the debt, which they failed to do.

On the deadline, Magosi had managed to raise just P17,000. But on Saturday, at the Annual General Meeting held at Maranyane Technical School, out going chairperson, Thapelo Tsheole said the debt had been cleared with the assistance of a 'friend'. "It was a tricky one. We lost the case and FIFA demanded that we pay our former coach.

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