Satmos fails to honour fixture again
Sunday, May 08, 2016
The Cheetahs were scheduled to play Chobe United at the Prisons Ground in Kasane on Saturday, but the Selebi-Phikwe outfit did not show up. Satmos failed to honour their opening game against Maun Tigers in Maun last month.
Disgruntled players had refused to use a combi hired by the management and immediately called for the return of former director, Mooketsi ‘China’ Mading. The impasse was dealt with and the team managed to honour the next three fixtures until last weekend.
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...