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Swallows bosses take flight

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Leon Prins boss of Moroka Swallows. Picture: Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
Leon Prins boss of Moroka Swallows. Picture: Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix

Moroka Swallows director and chairperson Leon Prins and two other nonexecutive directors have quit the club with immediate effect.

In letters sent to the club’s board of directors this week, Prins, Selwyn Zackon and Hilton Davidson have severed their ties with the Dube Birds.

Their resignations were welcomed by the minority shareholders.

“Good riddance. It is long overdue,” said one such shareholder, Charles Makhubu.

“Leon got us to where we are now [relegated] and we need to clean up after him. He should have left a long time ago, but was too stubborn.

“Look at what he has left us with,” he said.

Makhubu said they had given Prins an ultimatum to surrender any club property in his possession by tomorrow.

“We will also scrutinise the books because he has been in charge for the past 15 years, but we have nothing to show for it.

“We want him to show us the majority shareholder, so we know who we are dealing with,” said Makhubu.

He added that they would call a special board shareholders’ meeting before the end of the week to map out the way forward.

Efforts to get hold of Prins were unsuccessful. He did not answer his phone and failed to respond to messages left for him.

The struggling Dube Birds have been flying low for some time and need a miracle to survive another drop.

Swallows were relegated at the end of last season and their start in the National First Division has not been the best.

They were second from the bottom of the log before yesterday’s round of matches – with only two victories to show for their efforts in eight matches.

On Wednesday, their home game against Santos at Dobsonville Stadium could not be played, because security personnel at the venue were unavailable.

Makhubu said they were trying to stabilise the situation and were confident of turning things around.

“We are having a meeting with the players on Monday [tomorrow] to reassure them that we are on top of the situation.

“We know some of the staff members did not receive their salaries and morale is very low at the moment.”

Makhubu said they no longer had a board, as it had not met the governance requirements.

“We met the two remaining board members to map out the way forward.

“I am also meeting potential sponsors who have promised to come on board,” he said.

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