Matlama charged
By Mikia Kalati
MASERU — Premier league giants, Matlama, will not play their opening second round match against Qoaling Highlanders on Sunday after the team was hauled before a disciplinary hearing for bringing the game into disrepute.
The Sea Point-based team was involved in a bitter row with league sponsors, Vodacom Lesotho, prior to their last month’s league game against LCS at Pitso Ground.
Vodacom Lesotho, who has been given the exclusive rights for the premier league, had threatened to cancel the league sponsorship after Matlama were involved in promotional activity with their telecommunications rivals, Econet Lesotho, at Pitso Ground last month.
Premier league public relations officer, Lekholoa Mosito, told the Lesotho Times yesterday that it is highly unlikely that Matlama will play their opening second round match against Qoaling Highlanders on Sunday.
“Matlama is still suspended by the football authorities and I do not think they will play their Sunday game,” Mosito said.
He said Tse Putsoa will be handed a charge and will afterwards appear before a disciplinary hearing.
Premier league chairman, Lebohang Thotanyana, told a media briefing last month that they will not tolerate the behaviour that was shown towards Vodacom who have been given the exclusive rights for the premier league.
Matlama also apologised to both the sponsors and football authorities during the same press conference through their president, Boloetsi Senti.
Tse Putsoa have on several occasions been on the wrong side of the law with the football authorities and late last year the country’s most successful team were docked three points after failing to produce players’ playing licenses ahead of a league tie with Bantu in Mafeteng.
Comment by Media student on 14 February 2013:
Na taba tsee linyalana le headline ea teng?….u utloa ho ena le moo u re joetsang na Matlama e charguoe ka eng?
Comment by Media student on 14 February 2013:
Na taba tsee linyalana le headline ea teng?….u utloa ho ena le moo u re joetsang na Matlama e ahlotsoe ka eng?
Comment by Chatloa on 14 February 2013:
ke charge e feng e fuoeng Matlama moo, Kalati? ache ha ebe u patalloa ho ngola ntho tse tjee, ache!
Comment by letlama le leng hape on 14 February 2013:
hona ke taba,ha eba Matlama e qositsoe, e tlotse molao ofe? eea rea tseba likarete tsa libapali li la tsa sala morao, empa ke hopola e fetile taba eo!! le eona ena ha e nhlakele, suspesion kea nako e kae? e beuoe ho ipapisitsoe le molao ofe ka hare ho lefa.ke ofe molao oreng direct competition ke phoso! kapo hobane mofani {vdcm} ena le bokhoni ba ho t’sosa hore e ka hula liphallelo joale lefa le utluisa matlama bohloko”mr Kalati ba tlisisang le ho ngola ka tsela e hlakelang le rona ka thabeng mona!!!
Comment by Letlama ka nkane..... . . . . . . . . . on 14 February 2013:
Joale ba emetseng ho tloha nakong eo, ho fihlella hona joale league etlo qala, ehlile haba ba batle ha re bapala, ehlile “LETLAMA LE LENG HAPE” ke lumellana le uena, there is no case there. . . . . . ……. . . . .
Comment by `malere on 17 February 2013:
Libapali tsa Matlama ke tsona tse utloang bohloko joale ha li sa bapale. Committee ea bona e tseka litulo tsa LEFA ka team ea Sechaba sa Maseru. Komiti ee e felloa nako neng.
Ke hore Bro. Senti a bitse bo Monne Tsiu ba mothuse ho tla tsamaisa team ena ka batho ba pholileng eseng bo-ramenyetla ba charmang through media oa likhang tse sa thuseng. Hona joale re batla Tsosane a sale bo-abutiae Pali morao joale they are not allowed to any football matters.