Times Of Swaziland: TS SPORTING BOSS WARNS LOCALS

TS SPORTING BOSS WARNS LOCALS
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BY LWAZI DLAMINI on 23/09/2021 08:26:00


MBABANE – “Be careful before you sign a contract!”
That’s the chilling message to Eswatini players by South Africa’s GladAfrica
Championship side TS Sporting director Slungu Thobela after yet another Eswatini
player was caught in a contractual web in Felix Badenhorst. Badenhorst found
himself in a dilemma after also signing a two-year contract with Mbabane
Swallows having already signed with ‘Abantu Bemthetho’ as TS Sporting are
affectionately known. Thobela’s team survived relegation last season after
successfully challenging the registration of former Mbombela United striker
Sabelo ‘Sikhali’ Ndzinisa. Ndzinisa’s former team was docked 23 points and
the Sihlangu forward was suspended for two years after he was found to have been
a defaulter having signed a contract earlier with TS Sporting.
“My advice to the Eswatini players would be to say, they need to be careful
before they sign any contract. It’s binding. If you break the law, you should
be ready for the consequences,” Thobela said matter-of-factly.
He said the case of the two Eswatini players, Sabelo ‘Sikhali’ Ndzinisa and
Felix ‘Fela’ Badenhorst should be a lesson to other players to understand
the importance of contracts and what they mean. “The thing is, we clubs, do
not force anyone to sign a contract. Asibasukeli. They should be careful before
signing anything,’ he said. Mbabane Swallows have found themselves in a
quandary as they now have to pay a sum of E70 000 compensation fee in order for
Thobela to revoke Badenhorst’s two-year contract he signed with the GladAfrica
Championship side before he can wear the red and white kit again in the new
2021/2022 season.