SwaziTelcom Charity Cup: Let charity be the winner

As an ardent football fanatic kindly allow me space in your esteemed publication to air my views with regards to the annual SwaziTelcom Charity soccer spectacular, which is currently in the voting process.

With some few days left before the lines are closed for the voting process I thought it would be proper for me to write this piece which is aimed at encouraging the 24 teams to improve their pace in as far as the voting process is concerned.

Here I am not only referring to the teams but also the hordes of football followers and the concerned citizens of this tiny Kingdom of Eswatini who have the desire to make this event a successful one.

As much as we have to admit that this is a football tournament it is imperative to consider the fact that the core objective of the sponsors, Swaziland Post and Telecommunications Corporation (SPTC) is to improve the lives of the underprivileged through the proceeds from this initiative. It is for this reason that I would also like to encourage even those outside the football fraternity to realise the significance of the voting exercise thus give support to such endeavours, for the sake of charity.

Although there might be some crescendo criticism and allegations that are threatening to taint the image of this prestigious tournament, however, charity must be the winner at the end of the day. History has it that at one point a team was disqualified in the voting process for cheating and of course, tampering with the system so as to accumulate more votes. Worse still, some teams even threatened to boycott this event citing lack of transparency in as far as the voting system is concerned.

I have heard it through the grapevine that some teams are bitter about the fact that certain teams are always guaranteed a place in the final top four.

Allegations are to the effect that there are a lot of irregularities in the counting of votes thus putting the whole process into disrepute. However I won’t dwell much on the merits or demerits of such claims but mine is to implore everyone concerned to give the much-needed support to SPTC’s endeavour.

It’s operation ‘vote for your team, vote for charity’ if you catch my drift.

Of course, our teams might be voting to qualify for the one-day tournament but beyond that there is an initiative by SPTC which is aimed at improving the lives of the destitute. The sooner we realise this the better.

After all has been said and done, let your vote be counted and ‘give hope to thousands of children!’

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