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VOTE FOR VICTOR-LIKE CANDIDATE - MOTSA

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MBABANE – Retired football administrator Moses Motsa believes only Victor Gamedze could be a candidate for the FA President.


However, Gamedze, who is Premier League of Swaziland PLS Chairman and subsequently one of the three FA vice presidents, is not among the three candidates chasing for Swazi football’s top post in today’s elections to be held at Sibane Hotel.


The elective Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the football mother body kicks off this morning at 10am according to a notice issued by the office of FA CEO Frederick Mngomezulu.
Motsa, who once served as FA President in the late 1990s and became the first PLS Chairman, is the country’s undisputed business magnate. And in an interview yesterday ‘Mkhulu’, as he affectionately known in football circles, minced no words in stating that the incumbent PLS chairman has demonstrated traceable leadership traits that could be vital for football development.


“The exploits of Mbabane Swallows in both domestic and international football points to the good leadership qualities of Victor and the success has rubbed off at Sihlangu as we know that he also heads the operation committee,” he said.
He said Swallows’ success has posed a great challenge to the rest of football administrators because they have to adapt to the rapid transformation at the capital city giants.


“He has strategies that he equally implemented to good use. The rest could do well to copy the good he has done than to be envious and jealous,” he said.
He said the three-horse race in the FA presidential position was a sign of good things in football. He said the incumbent leader Adam ‘Bomber’ Mthethwa has served his time in football and it was time he passed on the baton to a new leader.


“If Victor was in contention I would have prefered the delegates to choose him because he has the qualities to improve the sport. But again, it is clear that ‘Bomber’ has been there long enough, and having one of his own people challenging him now is good for football. I served at the PLS, left it for others to pursue the dream and now we have Victor who is doing a good job. ‘Bomber’ should emulate that practice, because essentially, a good leader grooms others,” he said.


‘Bomber’, who was tossed out through a coin in 2001 by Patrick Kunene, returned to Swazi football’s top position in 2005, and has been there since. He is now vying for a fourth term, and it was only last year that the FA assembly amended the constitution limiting the presidential seat to only three terms.

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