WHAT DOES SPORTS MINISTER DO?

Sir,

I have long asked what does the Sports minister actually do or has done that could be construed as good work for his ministry, other than appear in pictures, cycling and receiving goodie bags or often even doing some kind of jig on stage at whatever event he’s attending? The latest news I’ve read was an article outlining what a mess this ministry was in.

‘Touched by the hand of God’ (TBTHOG) complained bitterly in the media about nobody, including government, sponsoring or supporting his football team and now a journalist jumps on the bandwagon regarding this minister’s supposed or guaranteed support towards one local team while poor ‘TBTHOG’s team got ‘zero’ support or encouragement from him.

The journalist is correct, the decision to dethrone Madze who had been doing very well was a strange one but what could the minister have actually done? I have asked previously what actually transpired here. It was obvious that, minister or not, someone else put him in his place or side stepped him and we next found ourselves with a new Sihlangu head coach, with little proof of success and a terrific contract drawn over a period with hardly any matches to play - Do you think the minister has any idea what happened here? We recently had the 2017 AFCON tournament in Gabon with many African power houses represented; Sihlangu of course did not qualify and nor did the minister or his ministry try before the commencement of the tournament to organise any friendly matches with the participating nations?

Sihlangu were/are badly in need of a better standard of opposition to play against. Competing nations always like a match or two before a tournament starts but nothing was organised, why?
The previous minister had the 2010 World Cup in South Africa where again we could have organised really good opposition but as above no spade work was done to try and organise friendly matches against high profile opponents who had qualified for the 2010 World Cup, why? Sihlangu should have a look at Cape Verde which has a population of half the amount here but I can assure you they have had considerably more success with their soccer team.

Instead of grumbling about whether one team is supported or favoured more than another we should be looking at the big picture concerning sports and youth culture in this country. We need people with the ability to flourish within worldwide sports circles, the charisma and talent to attract and develop world class sports coaching, facilities and infrastructure as well as developing relationships with other countries’ organisations which will see us have the chance to enjoy world class sports events and sportsmen in the kingdom.

KingdomzCruiserz.com

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