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BFA appeals Taylor ruling

Legal route: Taylor won against BFA at the Industrial Court PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Legal route: Taylor won against BFA at the Industrial Court PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has decided to appeal a ruling in which it was ordered to compensate its former CEO, Goabaone Taylor. Mmegi Sport is reliably informed that the association has filed a notice to appeal the ruling although the BFA CEO, Mfolo Mfolo could neither deny nor confirm.

Last month the Industrial Court ruled that the association should pay Taylor P330,000 for unfair dismissal. The money was the equivalent of her six-month salary. The court found that Taylor’s dismissal from the association was both substantially and procedurally unfair.

The court had ordered that the association should pay Taylor before the end of March. Yesterday, Mfolo would not be drawn into discussing reports that the association has since decided to appeal the ruling. “I am constrained to discuss such matters for public consumption.

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