FA PAYS MYENGWA E538 554 ON THE SPOT!

MBABANE – If it were a football game, former FA Technical Director Myengwa Sibandze would have scored the now defunct ‘golden goal’ in extra-time at Sigwaca House yesterday.

With the National Football Association of Swaziland (NFAS) dilly-dallying in paying the former TD a sum of E538 554 as per the court ruling after he won his long-dragging court battle with his former employers, two deputy sheriffs invaded Sigwaca House at around 2pm yesterday to attach property to the value of the owed amount. The two deputy sheriffs, Bhekithemba Dlamini and David Magagula, had already identified FA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Frederick Mngomezulu’s brand new Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV and office furniture as good enough to cover the money due to the former FA Technical Director (TD). The deputy sheriffs, in an uncompromising mood,  armed with the writ of execution, stormed the FA building to attach movable items belonging to the country’s football mother body. The National Football Association of Swaziland (NFAS) had tried their best, in recent months, to negotiate a payment arrangement of the E538 554 due to Sibandze but he had reportedly turned down the request by the football mother body.

“You are hereby directed to attach and take into execution the movable goods of the mentioned Respondent (NFAS), of Hhohho District, and cause same to be realised by the public auction the sum of E538 554 and the costs and the charges to be taxed of the said applicant which is recovered by the judgment of this court dated November 22, 2017 in the above mentioned case, and according to the law, besides all your costs thereby incurred,” read the writ of execution.
The deputy sheriffs began removing furniture from the Sigwaca House when an hour later, the NFAS President, Adam ‘Bomber’ Mthethwa, and Vice President Comfort Shongwe with lightning speed, arrived to save the situation.
After a short meeting, inside the FA boardroom, Sibandze was paid electronically the owed E538 554 on the spot by the FA chiefs in the presence of the deputy sheriffs.

Interviewed after the drama-filled scenario at the football headquarters, Sibandze said he only wanted the payment due to him and now that he had been paid, everything was well. Sibandze was also an interested spectator at the Sigwaca House where he spent about four hours waiting outside of the building, rubbing his hands in glee yesterday. The battle between the two parties has dragged on for the past 11 years. Sibandze ran to court for unfair dismissal and the court ruled in his favour to be paid, among other things, gratuity, and salary for six months, car services and petrol.

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