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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The public use of a new logo for the local athletics federation has infuriated some administrators who claim they were never consulted in neither the conceptualisation nor commissioning of the insignia \u2013 first seeing it on social media. The unhappy member clubs administrators say they initially saw the logo on Facebook, posted by the new president T\u0161eliso Pheta.<\/p>\n

Berea Athletics secretary general, Thabelo Ranthona, says he once asked about the use of the logo after seeing it for the first time some time last year, but that \u201ceven some of the then members of the local athletics mother-body seemed to know nothing about it.<\/p>\n

Ranthona further said: \u201cI saw it on a banner before and I asked the then Public Relations Officer of the federation (Sejanamane Maphathe) who also seemed to know nothing about the logo.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw it again on a banner on social media on February 16, 2020, and I downloaded it.<\/p>\n

We really know nothing about that logo as some of the districts athletics members,\u201d said Ranthona in an interview with Public Eye on Monday this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were surprised when saw it posted in a facebook page belonging to the current athletics president, T\u0161eliso Pheta.<\/p>\n

\u201d Ranthona continued that he then saw the logo on t-shirts worn by participants in the federation\u2019s Level 1 Coaching Course in 2019, facilitated by the Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC).<\/p>\n

Procedurally, he added, they should have been notified in an officially manner about such changes as members of the federation; instead of seeing the logo for the first time on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe expectation was that we would be notified about such changes officially as districts athletics officials but that was never the case.<\/p>\n

\u201d Ranthona further said: \u201cWe are surprised with the way the new administration is doing things.<\/p>\n

\u201d<\/p>\n

The Berea secretary said he could only remember an instance when the federation\u2019s committee was mandated to amend the constitution where the issue of the logo was also discussed, \u201cbut we said it was imprudent to embark on both projects simultaneously.<\/p>\n

\u201d<\/p>\n

Ranthona again revealed that there has never been an occasion when the members agreed on the changing the name of the body to Federation of Athletics Lesotho (FAL) as it appears on the new logo, saying instead \u201cit was agreed that the new name of the association should be the Lesotho Athletics Federation (LAF).<\/p>\n

\u201d<\/p>\n

Maseru Athletics Academy Secretary General, Neo Ramarou, shares similar sentiments to Ranthona\u2019s, who says \u201cas Maseru we have never received any invitation or heard an announcement regarding the change of the logo.<\/p>\n

\u201d \u201cI think we will get an explanation to what exactly happened.<\/p>\n

\u201d<\/p>\n

On their part, Mokhotlong clubs\u2019 secretary general, Lineo Mokoatle, told this publication that \u201cwe know nothing about that logo except having seen it on social media, on a Facebook page run by Pheta.<\/p>\n

We are, therefore, very surprised. \u201d Mokoatle said this was obviously a sign that there\u2019re problems in the local athletics administration. The Mafeteng athletics association similarly feels wronged, with president Tlotliso Ntai saying procedurally the issue of the logo should be decided by members at a conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was agreed in the beginning that three logos be designed for members to be able to decide at a conference which one would be adopted by the federation,\u201d said Ntai.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut what surprised me was to see the logo on social media while as members of the federation know nothing about it.<\/p>\n

\u201d<\/p>\n

Ntai said he was part of the athletics officials who attended the level 1 coaching course in the previous year, and that this is where he saw the logo for the first time as it was printed on their t-shirts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI first saw it then as it was printed on my t-shirt and we were all surprised,\u201d Ntai said.<\/p>\n

The federation\u2019s secretary general, Makara Thibinyane, has confirmed the existence of the controversial logo, but adds that \u201cthe issue of the logo is not new, as it has been used before.<\/p>\n

\u201d Adding that \u201cwe had the Level 1 coaching course and this same logo was used.<\/p>\n

\u201d He said, however, that the logo will be up for official use immediately after registering their new constitution with the Law Office.<\/p>\n

On the change of name from the LAF to the FAL, Thibinyane said they had a challenge with the Law Office when it came to the former (LAF) resulting in agreeing on the change to FAL.<\/p>\n

\u201cSports associations are no longer allowed to use names that start with \u2018Lesotho\u2019 and as result we had a challenge with registering LAF\u2026that\u2019s the situation at the Law Office as we speak.<\/p>\n

\u201d The local athletics mother-body was previously known as the Lesotho Amateur Athletics Association (LAAA).<\/p>\n

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