Africa-Press – Eswatini. All is not well within the Mbabane Swallows camp as players have reportedly not been paid their August salaries.
The capital city giants players are normally paid between the 25th – 28th of each month. However, they have still not been paid last month’s salaries, raising speculations about the future of President Bheki Lukhele at the red and white glamour side.
The financial struggles in the team are said to be so serious such that the club is allegedly struggling to transport players to training. International stars in Bashir Mutanda (Uganda) and Kingsely Kwayki (Ghana) are also yet to report for pre-season due to unavailability of air tickets. A source within the Birds nest revealed that the players were worried about the situation.
“The morale is low as the players have been left in the dark about this matter for far too long. No one explains a thing to them, and I think the management needs to meet and find a way forward before it is too late,” the source said.
Swallows Governor Andreas Lukhele referred all queries to the team’s General Manager Sandile ‘Beyond 2000’ Zwane when sought for comment.
“Please contact Sandile since he is the one handling such matters,” he said. Meanwhile, Zwane declined to comment on the matter, saying such matters were being handled by the governor (Andreas Lukhele.)
The red and white glamour side have lost the services of Njabulo ’D4D’Ndlovu and Togolese international Seidou Baba Blandja to Green Mamba and Tanzanian outfit Namugo FC respectively. The ‘Beautiful Birds’ will kick off the 2022/23 league campaign against army side Young Buffaloes later this month.
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