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Mpote, BFA: An incompatible union crumbles

Folding union: Mpote left his position this week PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Folding union: Mpote left his position this week PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Mogomotsi ‘Teenage’ Mpote was this week pushed out of the high-risk, high-returns Zebras job, meaning he had spent only a third of his three-year contract. But it was a union bound for collapse the moment Mpote put pen to paper, argues Staff Writer, MQONDISI DUBE

It is no secret the Zebras' job is a poisoned chalice. But despite the bold warning signs, written in silent letters at Lekidi Football Centre, the victims chose to look the other way, with the lure of lucrative packages too much to resist.

The post increasingly resembles a beehive that offers the lure of sweet honey but at the same time, presents the danger of stinging bees. The financial returns are the forever pull factor with Mpote reportedly earning a cool P105,000 per month.

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