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Jonathan Moyo dupes Tsholotsho FC, team move base
17 Dec 2016 at 05:06hrs | Views
Troubled Tsholotsho FC officials have revealed that average home games gate
takings do not exceeded $300 save for Highlanders, Dynamos or
Caps United games.
Tsholotsho use Bulawayo as its home base.
According to reports, the club pays match officials $900 and at least $300 to the police.
The club is planning to switch to either Beitbridge or Victoria Falls in a bid to attract large crowds to their matches, reports indicate.
But club chairman Mlamuli Phiri is skeptical about Beitbridge.
"Beitbridge is a bit too far for the team and those people don't even know us.
"Yes we might excite our South African based supporters to drive across but there is no guarantee on that,".
State run Chronicle, quoting inside sources reported that some members believe that Victoria Falls will be ideal.
"Victoria Falls people love football and this is evidenced by large crowds whenever there is a match at Chinotimba Stadium," said an insider.
The club could feel cheated by Zanu PF politicians.
Soon after Jonathan Moyo bounced back into Parliament after winning the Tsholotsho North seat, one of his major projects to kickstart his commitment to his constituency was to construct a $4,5 million giant stadium just a few yards from the business centre.
The initiative followed the promotion to the topflight league of Tsholotsho FC in 2014.
So fast was everything with the government taking over construction of the stadium as the then minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Moyo pulled all strings to have the project that was also going to boost his political image come to fruition.
A team of engineers from the ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, led by chief civil engineer Edward Njoma toured the site so was a leading civil engineering and construction company, J R Goddard Construction as the main contractor who immediately set a five-point work plan in motion.
Also roped in for the project was internationally-recognized Mota-Engil.
Moyo was optimistic that Tsholotsho FC will play its second half of the season matches last year at the facility which according to specialists was meant to take about 17 weeks to construct once the plans are passed.
"It will be a major, major disappointment if that won't happen — Tsholotsho FC playing their return fixtures at the stadium," Moyo said then.
Now the stadium plans have been abandoned.
Tsholotsho use Bulawayo as its home base.
According to reports, the club pays match officials $900 and at least $300 to the police.
The club is planning to switch to either Beitbridge or Victoria Falls in a bid to attract large crowds to their matches, reports indicate.
But club chairman Mlamuli Phiri is skeptical about Beitbridge.
"Beitbridge is a bit too far for the team and those people don't even know us.
"Yes we might excite our South African based supporters to drive across but there is no guarantee on that,".
State run Chronicle, quoting inside sources reported that some members believe that Victoria Falls will be ideal.
"Victoria Falls people love football and this is evidenced by large crowds whenever there is a match at Chinotimba Stadium," said an insider.
The club could feel cheated by Zanu PF politicians.
Soon after Jonathan Moyo bounced back into Parliament after winning the Tsholotsho North seat, one of his major projects to kickstart his commitment to his constituency was to construct a $4,5 million giant stadium just a few yards from the business centre.
The initiative followed the promotion to the topflight league of Tsholotsho FC in 2014.
So fast was everything with the government taking over construction of the stadium as the then minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Moyo pulled all strings to have the project that was also going to boost his political image come to fruition.
A team of engineers from the ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, led by chief civil engineer Edward Njoma toured the site so was a leading civil engineering and construction company, J R Goddard Construction as the main contractor who immediately set a five-point work plan in motion.
Also roped in for the project was internationally-recognized Mota-Engil.
Moyo was optimistic that Tsholotsho FC will play its second half of the season matches last year at the facility which according to specialists was meant to take about 17 weeks to construct once the plans are passed.
"It will be a major, major disappointment if that won't happen — Tsholotsho FC playing their return fixtures at the stadium," Moyo said then.
Now the stadium plans have been abandoned.
Source - Byo24News
