{"id":33695,"date":"2023-09-14T14:33:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T14:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/wanderers-stars-in-mass-stay-away"},"modified":"2023-09-15T07:41:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T07:41:38","slug":"wanderers-stars-in-mass-stay-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/wanderers-stars-in-mass-stay-away","title":{"rendered":"WANDERERS STARS IN MASS STAY AWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>&#8211; Manzini Wanderers players are reportedly shunning the team\u2019s activities after being owed salaries for the past months.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This publication reported in the past months that the hub giants had a huge bill that has gone unattended for months. Players and coaches were unpaid for almost the entire season. The wage bill at Wanderers was confirmed to be at E130 000 monthly. The hub giants, who struggled and had to fight relegation throughout the past season and eventually survived about three games before the MTN Premier League 2022\/23 ended, lost their South African Director, Cedric Mashile Mathatha, early in the season, which resumed last October. Adding up the months from last November to last month, E130 000 totals E910 000, nearly E1 million. However, most players\u2019 contracts have since been renewed. It took the team\u2019s officials, like their Premier League of Eswatini (PLE) Governor, in Lawyer Bongani \u2018Bhanyaza\u2019 Mdluli, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Diana Johnson, known as Girlie and the management committee led by club legend Berger \u2018Hotline\u2019 Nxumalo, to save the club\u2019s blushes, as they sacrificed from their own pockets and also got assistance from other parties to avoid relegation.<\/p>\n<p><b>Involving<\/b><\/p>\n<p>They even took the team out for a team-building get-together involving their legends, like William \u2018Cool Cat\u2019 Shongwe, among others, for motivational purposes. However, the latest developments regarding the club suggest the players have resolved not to attend any team activities until they are paid their full salaries. They last attended training before the game against Moneni Pirates, which was last week. A source within the team camp confided to this publication that the players were not training for the past two weeks and wanted money owed to them in full. \u201cWhat is happening in the team is a sad thing. I don\u2019t blame the players because they also have to feed their families, but the tam is actually making sure that they get their salaries,\u201d shared the source.<\/p>\n<p>One of the players shared their experience of playing without a salary. \u201cI don\u2019t even have money to buy just a small thing like tissue. Yes it\u2019s true that we have resolved that we are not going to go to any of the team\u2019s activities until we have been paid our money. Yes we understand the financial struggles that the team is currently faced with but we also have to feed our families,\u201d the player who spoke on condition of anonymity said. Wanderers Public Relations Officer (PRO) Mduduzi \u2018Mr G\u2019 Ginindza, when contacted, asked the players to be patient. \u201cWe ask the players to be patient with the team. \u201cThe team is doing all its best to make sure that they get their salaries. We plead with them not to expose our dirty linen to the media but come to us so that we can find a solution. We understand that they have not been paid and we are also not happy with this,\u201d he said. Ginindza went on to reveal that before the PLE Trade Fair Cup, which was won by Green Mamba, they asked the players to win the trophy so that they could get paid their salaries.<\/p>\n<p><b>Best<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe players know very well that we do not have any sponsors and that is why we asked them to do their best and win the Trade Fair Cup so that they can get paid,\u201d he added. Holding a team at ransom in soccer is not something new, after it was also reported in the SA\u2019s Motsepe League First Divison last season. Troubled Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) had their players not going to training before their Motsepe Foundation Championship campaign. Meanwhile, Wanderers are expected to face Nsingizini Hotspurs in their MTN Premier League opener at King Sobhuza II Memorial Stadium in Nhlangano on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. &#8211; Manzini Wanderers players are reportedly shunning the team\u2019s activities after being owed salaries for the past months. This publication reported in the past months that the hub giants had a huge bill that has gone unattended for months. Players and coaches were unpaid for almost the entire season. 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