Highlanders Players Threaten Quitting Over Salaries

BR Highlanders players have not been paid for two months now
BR Highlanders players have not been paid for two months now

PALAPYE:Mahalapye Railways Highlanders  players have threatened to stay away from the team once the Coronavirus imposed break ends. The threat follows non-payment of salaries for players for the past two months. 

This year, the players of the Botswana Railways backed team revealed that they received wages for January and February only. They said no explanations were coming from the “dodgy” team management and life at the outfit in a month before the pandemic break was unbearable.

Club chairperson, Wamorena Maruapula however refuted the players’ claims regarding non-consultations. He said management informed players of the processes of acquiring wage funds and the delays thereof.

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