P6m squabble looms at Chiefs
Friday, November 04, 2022 | 400 Views |
Squabbles: While the team returns to the field this weekend, there are pending boardroom issues PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
The Kgatleng giants have been, for months, embroiled in an ownership battle between the company, Mochudi Centre Chiefs (Pty) Ltd and the Mochudi Centre Chiefs society.
The two parties’ war reached the courts of law to determine the legitimate club leadership with the club’s training and match day venue, River Plate ground locked up by the society.
That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...