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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>One of the country\u2019s most qualified coaches, who is also the national coaches\u2019 association secretary, was this week scrapped from the list of participants in an ongoing Coaching Instructor Workshop.<\/p>\n

Teele Nt\u0161onyana was ordered off the training by the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) on Monday this week following accusations of misconduct \u2013 in that he meddled in the affairs of the Leribe District Football Association (DIFA).<\/p>\n

The coach, however, deems his disqualification from the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) Instructors\u2019 Course as simply total discrimination, abuse of power and unsullied hatred towards him by the football association.<\/p>\n

These developments have stirred up a hornet\u2019s nest in the football fraternity; multitudes of football supporters, current and former football players, coaches and some of top sports administrators in the country have voiced derided LeFA move across social media sports groups.<\/p>\n

DIFA-Leribe, led by LeFA First Vice President, Khiba Mohoanyane, on March 26 wrote to Lesotho Football Coaches Association levelling accusations of interference in their affairs against Nt\u0161onyana.<\/p>\n

The letter reads in part: \u201cYou will recall that few years ago, the Lesotho Football Association undergone some disrepute due to the meddling of Teele Nt\u0161onyana and co in the affairs of the Mokhotlong DIFA. This led to a court case which LEFA got a ruling in its favour. This time around Teele is at it again.<\/p>\n

It should be known that a DIFA is an Association of the clubs of a respective district, and the issue of who gets to lead a DIFA is a matter for the affiliated teams alone not anyone else who is not an affiliate, any other person or persons coercing such elections are interfering with the will of that particular DIFA members.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, DIFA-Leribe says it wants to believe that \u201cwhat Nt\u0161onyana is doing is an act of misconduct as it can be deemed at working against the principle of fostering good relations within the football fraternity as he is not a member of the DIFA and coercing his own agenda which is not for the benefit of the Leribe DIFA and as such can\u2019t we charge and or suspend him for putting the DIFA into disrepute and dividing the people of Leribe where he is not a member.<\/p>\n

\u201d LeFA has also issued a statement removing Nt\u0161onyana from the list of participants in the ongoing training over the same issue.<\/p>\n

LeFA\u2019 said in the matter: \u201cThe Lesotho Football Association has removed the name of Mr Teele Nt\u0161onyana from its list of participants in the Coaching Instructor Workshop that started at Bambatha T\u0161ita Sports Arena this Monday.<\/p>\n

This move follows a series of allegations received from District Football Associations which are LeFA\u2019s affiliates. These allegations involve acts of misconduct which have to be investigated and which if proved would amount to bringing the Association into disrepute.<\/p>\n

The letters of complaint against Nt\u0161onyana, the statement further reads, have also been sent to the president of coaches association for appropriate investigation and action.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn these circumstances, LeFA has come to a considered opinion that it would not be in the best interest of football and good administration to allow Mr Nt\u0161onyana to continue being trained by LeFA at its cost until such time that his name shall have been cleared.<\/p>\n

He will be served with relevant letters inviting him to make representations in the coming few days. \u201d Nt\u0161onyana confirmed his disqualification in an interview on the same day, Monday.<\/p>\n

He, however, said he wasn\u2019t neither served with any letter nor verbally told the reasons for his disqualification. \u201cI asked for the reasons that led to my disqualification and I was only told that it was the decision of LeFA\u2019s national executive committee,\u201d said Nt\u0161onyana.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to make them see sense that the decision equated to a total sabotage and abuse of power if someone could be denied an opportunity to attend the course; and that they should at least serve me with a letter explaining reasons for his disqualification\u2026but I was told that the secretary (Mokhosi Mohapi) is not present to give me a letter outlining the reasons.<\/p>\n

Nt\u0161onyana said he ended up meeting with Mohoanyane and asked him to order LeFA Deputy Secretary General, Chris Bullock, to write the letter in Mohapi\u2019s absence \u201cbut that did not happen despite Bullock being his deputy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis means even now I don\u2019t know why I have been disqualified from taking part at the course. Mohoanyane just said they could not give me the letter in the absence of the Secretary General because this would be a high profile letter. \u201d<\/p>\n

Nt\u0161onyana further revealed that he participated in the course from commencement and \u201cto be disqualified towards the end made me sad. \u201d \u201cI was always part of the course from the beginning and what was left was for us as participants to sit for an examination as this is the assessment week.<\/p>\n

I am talking now as a CAF instructor, and I was going to be FIFA instructor at the end of this course. \u201d Nt\u0161onyana further said: \u201cAbove all, this shows hatred, discrimination and abuse of power by those who at the helm of football administration in the country\u2026and this is not how our football should be.<\/p>\n

\u201d FIFA objectives, Nt\u0161onyana said, were against all such things. But he said now they were done by football top officials in this country, who he said they had the constitution of FIFA.<\/p>\n

Nt\u0161onyana, however, said he thought the reasons behind his disqualification might be because of the fact that he was not in good terms with some of LeFA\u2019s bosses as a result of disagreements on football matters in general.<\/p>\n

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