The Alexandra Northrand Local Football Association has a new technical director of football, Tsietsi ‘Tsivo’ Letsoela.
He takes over from Mxolisi Mngomezulu, who vacated his position soon after the elective annual general meeting of the association, at which he challenged the incumbent chairperson, Maisha Molepo and lost by 18 votes to six.
Mngomezulu is said to have quickly drafted a resignation letter after the meeting, which was handed to the association executive but was not immediately accepted, as the association wanted to meet and discuss the issues around his resignation with him in person.
According to secretary general, Mafika Morajane, Mngomezulu is said to have cited personal reasons behind his decision, leaving the board with no alternative but to accept his resignation.
“We have lost one of our best technical directors in Mxolisi, and as the association, we would like to assure him that he is more than welcome to work with us in whatever capacity he feels we can use him, and from time to time we shall have to continue to ask for his assistance.
“The departure of Mxolisi is not just a loss to the Alex association but the entire Johannesburg Region of the South African Football Association because of his astute knowledge of the game of football and his amazing technical expertise,” Morajane said.
He showered the outgoing technical director with praise for a job well done. “The Alex LFA [local football association] is what it is and enjoys success and dominates the region and other inter-LFA competitions because of him and his coaching skills,” Morajane said.
The Safa Johannesburg Region also recognised Mxolisi’s skills and appointed him as a co-coach of the regional team that participated in last year’s Gauteng Future Champions tournament in Eldorado Park.
But the chairperson of the association, Maisha Molepo, was not amused by Mxolisi’s challenge at the polls. He said soon after defeating him, that there was a ‘third force’ in Alex football that was bent on trying to put coaches in positions of administration.
“I always thought [Mxolisi] was the best at his position [technical director] but now he wants to run the association as well. Good luck to him.”
