{"id":18254,"date":"2022-08-01T09:18:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T09:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/big-coup-for-mohales-hoek"},"modified":"2022-08-01T10:19:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T10:19:40","slug":"big-coup-for-mohales-hoek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/big-coup-for-mohales-hoek","title":{"rendered":"Big coup for Mohale\u2019s Hoek"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Until last week, Mohale\u2019s Hoek was one of four districts alongside Qacha\u2019s Nek, Mokhotlong and Thaba-Tseka that was without a premiership team and was starved of top-flight football. That drought was set to continue another year after Majantja finished 5th in the A-Division south stream last season.
\nHowever, in life things can change in the blink of an eye and when the 2022\/23 season begins in a few months\u2019 time, Mohale\u2019s Hoek will not only have a Vodacom Premiership side, but a new first division club as well.
\nIn the Vodacom Premier League, it will be Majantja, the former Lesotho champions who are back in the elite league after buying Kick4Life\u2019s premiership status last week, while All Aces will play in the first division for the first time.<\/p>\n

It is a big coup for Mohale\u2019s Hoek which has missed top-flight football since 2019 when Majantja were relegated from the premier league \u2013 a far cry from the heydays when Majantja won the league title in 1995 and played in Africa.<\/p>\n

The man Mohale\u2019s Hoek has to thank for bringing the fun back to the district is local businessman Cloete Mdlokovana who financed Majantja\u2019s deal to purchase Kick4Life\u2019s Vodacom Premier League status. In total, Mdlokovana forked out M180 000 and paved the way for All Aces to take their place in the First Division as well.<\/p>\n

The transport tycoon has also secured a home venue for both teams with the clubs set to share the Mohale\u2019s Hoek DIFA Ground which will host matches for the first time since it was renovated by the Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) last year and had a new artificial turf installed.<\/p>\n

That is more good news for Mohale\u2019s Hoek because there had been talk that fellow Vodacom Premier League clubs, Bantu of Mafeteng and Liphakoe of Quthing, would use the Mohale\u2019s Hoek DIFA Ground next season.<\/p>\n

Mdlokovana said those rumblings are one of the main reasons why he rummaged through his pockets. \u201cI saw a beautiful ground; I am a jealous person, in business and also for growth. When somebody does something, do it as well.<\/p>\n

When I heard Liphakoe and Bantu were going to use (the Mohale\u2019s Hoek DIFA Ground) as their home ground, I wondered about whether Majantja were going to curtain raise for them? That would be an embarrassment for as long as we are still alive, but I didn\u2019t know what to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

With so much good already done by Mdlokovana, the next step is to fix Majantja\u2019s management and how the club is run. For starters, Majantja must sort out the management committee because the term of the current committee which negotiated the acquiring of the club\u2019s premiership place has ended.<\/p>\n

It is unclear how the club\u2019s structure will be, but Mdlokovana said that although he may not be active in the running of the club, he will likely appoint people to run the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a serious person. Majantja, you have been nonsensical for a long time. Majantja is for Mohale\u2019s Hoek,\u201dMdlokovana said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t play football but I will not watch my money go down the drain, bring your knowledge, let\u2019s sit down and run the team. There must be control. I am busy. I will just put people I trust to run the club. \u201d<\/p>\n

Majantja\u2019s lack of stability was brought up during their negotiations with Kick4Life who were concerned about selling their coveted premiership status to a team that may get relegated or be engulfed in internal squabbles.<\/p>\n

Kick4Life were adamant Majantja must go back and reorganise themselves and their leadership. Majantja\u2019s secretary general, Katiso Mohlalisi, said this is their chance to do things right.<\/p>\n

He narrated their problems which include a constitution that was drawn up in a hurry to meet LEFA\u2019s club licensing requirements but reflects a society or stokvel more than a football club.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we were signing the sale agreement it should have had Kick4Life and Majantja\u2019s logos with their colours, but when Majantja\u2019s logo was placed it wasn\u2019t clear.<\/p>\n

That was one of the things they said we must correct,\u201d Mohlalisi stated that as an example of Majantja\u2019s current unprofessionalism. \u201cLet\u2019s reform the club, let\u2019s start by taking membership,\u201d Mohlalisi added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are governed by society\u2019s constitution right now; I want to ask: how many societies do you know that never fight at the end of the year? There are many. We are far behind in terms of administration. \u201d<\/p>\n

All Aces president Lethusang Nt\u0161ekalle addressed the issues facing the district\u2019s football growth and how Mohale\u2019s Hoek has been overtaken by other districts.<\/p>\n

While he could not stop thanking Mdlokovana, Nt\u0161ekalle said ignorance and arrogance have seen Mohale\u2019s Hoek linger behind others. He said it is only through a real love for football that the district can catch up and once again compete for silverware.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am worried that football in Mohale\u2019s Hoek does not grow. We have been to the (promotion) playoffs and lost.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know what the problem is but I think the main problem is that we do not have love for football. We can\u2019t go forward if we do not love football,\u201d Nt\u0161ekalle said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is only in this district that football isn\u2019t growing. Is it because we don\u2019t know how to run football? I think it is (because of) arrogance. We cannot let our sponsors down because we may never get an opportunity like this again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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