BFL offices locked, employees sent on leave

The move comes as shareholders, opposed to BFL chairperson Nicholas Zakhem, held a meeting at Lekidi Centre this morning to deliberate on recent developments. On Monday, Zakhem issued a statement announcing CEO Senzo Mbatha's contract has lapsed and therefore, would not be renewed. But today the shareholders issued a counter statement, indicating they disagree with Zakhem's announcement.

"The BFL shareholders are disappointed with the recent media statement issued by Mr Nicholas Zakhem on behalf of the BFL board regarding operational issues of the league. The BFL and the BFA (Botswana Football Association) have been in ongoing discussions to normalise the corporate governance at BFL, especially after the recent resignations of the board members, which resulted in a board collapsing as it is no [longer] quorate as per the BFL constitution," reads the statement.