‘Skeletons’, coins dug out at Somhlolo
The message is clear from baphatsi jikelele belibhola eAfrica.
Sangena with a hit ya TNS featuring Bukeka titled Sikelela. Our mood is up as it is almost month end. This month of May could be mistaken for January. It felt longest after we drank ourselves silly during the three long weekends of April. It has been hectic with a capital letter ‘H’.
Speaking of hectic, our league is about to reach boiling point and solo le league title ijikwe emoyeni with two games to spare.
We know some of the teams are going an extra mile in a bid to get their hand on the title, but some of the things letenteka behind the scenes cannot be printed in this family newspaper.
Sitawutsi nje hlaba hlosi ngoba tintfo tiyenteka Gazi labholeni. Izinto azimane ukuzweka, so say our South African neighbours Gazi nabazunda uyati ke wena since natsi sitsi kutsi shwi khona ngale eMzansi liviki sibuye sesithithiza.
Anyway Gazi asikho lapho the big is our beloved but shameful Somhlolo National Stadium longayubuya ebholeni yemhlaba iminyaka neminyaka it seems phela imali hulu akayiboni sidzingeko sayo ka-sports uvele atsi gco nje kwa-seven million kuphele khonalapho, not even enough budget for one high performance athlete a year in some countries within the region.
Noko sibonile kukhona lokwentiwe kaSomhlolo even though it counts for nothing now, two years after hulu has been working on the stadium which cost E30 million.
The message is clear from baphatsi jikelele belibhola eAfrica labatsi nguCaf and as well as the world governing body, FIFA phela we need a new stadium not lomhlolo wetfu lodzinga a complete demolition and a new rebuild altogether. Siyeva keGazi kutsi as the Somhlolo National Stadium revamption goes on, the artificial turf installation has been completed with the old one removed nayo yabola iyinsha nje ngendzaba yebhola yakitsi ledlawa ngendumba too much.
digging
Lasikwa lithefi uyave ngaze Gazi ngasho former Sports Minister Hlobi wayibona lentfo kutsi iyinkinga for live waya emphoyiseni as she is believed to have had a clue who was behind the cutting and digging of the turf to put whatever they believed would enhance their results.
Kona we are Swati we know about tikhonkwane letibetselwa emakhaya but for a national facility to be dug like that and then declared unfit for use by the international bodies, hhayi kumatima la.
Asingene kuyo mbamba since you must now have idea kutsi to put the new turf, the company or contractor from South Africa lapho sekusekhaya khona for home games eSihlangu nemacembu etfu, was shocked Gazi nanyalo we can’t wait for that official report.
Phela skeletons uma utsandza were uncovered lapha, ematsambo Gazi lamanye batsi etinkhukhu in plastic bags and bottles which also possessed tinsitana letingatiwa (foreign substances, usho njalo Pat Vilakati ka-PLE nakashaya enhloko kumacembu labonakele enta lokungatayeleki ebholeni) nemali in coins nje songacabanga keGazi, sibe sishayeka kabuhlungu so kona kulamalanga nelindiya lite indali or discount.
Kepha imali yatfolakala Gazi bozuka, bosheleni nanayi yakadzeni phela bo-2 cents.
Pains
The minister wakaSports was at pains explaining lomhlolo bowentiwa lapha kule-turf siyeva ngandelebenye kutsi utjele our senators kutsi beyisikiwe ngendlela lemangalisako to the point vele bekute indlela belingadzabula ngayo kuCAF and FIFA.
Tsine-ke Gazi siyatibuta nje kutsi manje mhla-livulwa kutawentiwa njani kutsi kungaphidzeki lokuganga noma sesingacela a private security company or stadium management company isubukele letinfto leti and also ensure access to the facilities is not easy ngoba kungena kwasa Tom, Dick and Harry nje hhawu li-awa linye iphumile fixture sitawutiva.
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