Miscellaneous moot privatisation

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FRANCISTOWN: After battling for survival in a tough operating environment last season, Serowe based Miscellaneous Sporting Club will tomorrow seek endorsement from its membership to headhunt for financial partners.

This is expected to happen tomorrow morning at Serowe Hotel during the club's elective Annual General Meeting (AGM). Miscellaneous vice chairperson Baratiwa Mathootle said election of the new committee is on the agenda, but it has proved not to be a pressing issue. Mathootle said nobody has expressed interest in challenging the current committee.He said the likelihood is that the current committee would continue leading the club as the Miscellaneous' family is focusing on dealing with critical issues, which nearly worked against the team's survival in the league."We nearly relegated last season because of the challenges the club faced," said Mathootle, adding that every member of the Miscellaneous' family is focusing on addressing the challenges not increasing them.

Mathootle said Miscellaneous was on the road week in week out - a development that resulted in its offers drying up. At one point, Miscellaneous struggled to pay players.Mathootle confirmed that players nearly embarked on an industrial action in protest over unpaid salaries for months. "We have high expenditure and to solve this problem of high expenditure, we need to buy a bus," said Mathootle. Miscellaneous were forced to travel every week because there is no standard stadium in Serowe. Tse Nala, as Miscellaneous is affectionately known in football circles has been allocated a 6-hectare land by the Ngwato Land Board. "The land is currently lying idle because the club does not have the necessary funds to develop," said Mathootle. He is positive that the land can be developed into a money-spinning structure.

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