Times Of Swaziland: VICTORY FOR AE CLUBS IN COURT

VICTORY FOR AE CLUBS IN COURT
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Sports Reporter on 24/04/2024 15:26:00


MBABANE – There is a new twist in the strained relationship between some
Athletics Eswatini (AE) clubs and the executive.
The High Court of Eswatini has granted the aggrieved clubs an interim order
compelling AE and President Zakhele Dlamini to call or convene a special general
meeting within 14 days of the grant of the order. The matter was before High
Court Judge Justice Sabelo Masuku, two days ago.
AE and Dlamini were cited as first and second respondents in the matter,
respectively.  Chief Operations Officer Thoba Mazibuko and Treasurer Bongani
Ntshalintshali are the third and fourth respondents, in that order.  “The
second to fourth respondents are ordered to present to applicant member clubs
audited financial reports of the previous year and/or convene a meeting for the
general assembly to appoint auditors of the federation  as per Article 13.6 of
the Constitution,” reads the order.
The matter returns to court on May 27, this year. This is when the respondents
should show cause why the order should not be made final. Meanwhile, the clubs
and the AE Board had been at each other’s throats since last year following
the failed bid for a special general meeting. During the period, there has been
endless drama ranging from the suspension of one of the petitioners in Manzini
Athletics Club Coach Muzi Mabuza to a cancelled general assembly, among other
things.