Madinda didn�t do himself any favours
Thursday, April 23, 2015

But like they say, a coach is only as good as his last game and for Madinda Ndlovu, his last game in charge of Township Rollers was a tactical shambles that rubbed many Rollers faithful the wrong way, prompting them to vent. Although I saw it coming, I didn’t expect it so soon, but at the end of the season. However his resignation didn’t surprise me that much.
Rollers is the most decorated and arguably the biggest team in Botswana, based on honours and support base, and going a season without any cup success is almost unheard off and a pressure cooker for anyone in charge.
Particular trepidations lie with the seemingly embedded nature of embellishing tender sums, in most cases without the barest minimum of authority. The worrying thing is that the inflated amounts run into millions of pula across the government ministries and departments. The Auditor General’s report of March ending 2022, which we cover extensively in this edition, paints a gloomy picture on management of the government coffers. It depicts the...