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Shabanie Mine football club involved in a road accident
15 Apr 2013 at 22:33hrs | Views
It never rains but it pours for Premiership soccer side Shabanie Mine.
The Zvishavane-based asbestos miners were involved in a road accident at Mbalabala on Saturday when they were travelling from Beitbridge after their match against Premiership newcomers Tripple B who beat them 3-0.
Their team bus hit a stray cow that died on the spot and the front of the bus was damaged but no one was injured, according to their patron Greg Mataka.
Shabanie had been banned from travelling during the night and last season when Vadette Trading and Obed Dube were sponsoring the team, they used to sleep in three-star hotels before and after their matches but now they are travelling on match day after Vadette withdrew their sponsorship of the team and this has affected the side's performance as they are still to register a win away from Maglas this season.
Fans in the mining town have been calling for the executive to engage Vadette Trading and Dube whose sponsorship made Shabanie a force to reckon with in the Premiership last season.
After the match on Saturday, interim coach, Arnold Jani, was manhandled by "bouncers" who were asking him to resign from his post after managing just a point from four matches. But Jani, a trusted lieutenant of the banned Shabanie Mine Luke Masomere, refused to throw in the towel.
The Zvishavane-based asbestos miners were involved in a road accident at Mbalabala on Saturday when they were travelling from Beitbridge after their match against Premiership newcomers Tripple B who beat them 3-0.
Their team bus hit a stray cow that died on the spot and the front of the bus was damaged but no one was injured, according to their patron Greg Mataka.
Fans in the mining town have been calling for the executive to engage Vadette Trading and Dube whose sponsorship made Shabanie a force to reckon with in the Premiership last season.
After the match on Saturday, interim coach, Arnold Jani, was manhandled by "bouncers" who were asking him to resign from his post after managing just a point from four matches. But Jani, a trusted lieutenant of the banned Shabanie Mine Luke Masomere, refused to throw in the towel.
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