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News - Date: 21 January 2011
The long battle for the presidency for the Safa Vhembe Regional Association is now part of the association’s history. The much-awaited regional elections were finally held at the Khoroni Hotel in Thohoyandou on Sunday morning.
Mr George Kubayi was elected unopposed as the new president for the association. This after Mr Mulimisi Eric Muneri, who emerged as the new candidate for the hot seat two weeks ago, withdrew from the race at the 11th hour, leaving Kubayi as the only candidate.
The new first deputy-president of the association is Mr Hulisani Mabasa. Mabasa and the well-known traditional leader, Vhamusanda Vho-Khorommbi Nemavhola, were in the hot contest for the presidency over the past 12 months until the national office decided to intervene. The intervention resulted in the two not standing as presidential candidates in the elections. The post of the second deputy-president is now held by Mr Richard Mammbeda.
The other members of the new executive committee are Messrs Theodora Maoka, Alpheus Tshisikule, EF Mulovhedzi, Joseph Maphaha, SL Manganyi, TR Tshipepele and ME Muneri.
When addressing the meeting shortly after the elections, the deputy-president of Safa, Chief Mvelo Nonkonyana, appealed to the people who were fighting for positions over the past 12 months to bury the hatchet and start to work together towards one common goal, the development of football. He indicated that SAFA Vhembe Region was one of the best regions during the time of Mr Kirsten Nematandani as its president.
When accepting his new role, Mr Kubayi said that one of the things which were high on his priority list was the strengthening of their financial management. He indicated that they would soon adopt female members into the executive committee, saying the newly elected committee was not in line with the Employment Equity Act, as it comprised male members only.
Frank is a Human Resources Manager at the Department of Public Works in Limpopo. He is the longest serving correspondent of the Mirror, having joined us at the end of 1990. He mainly writes sports reports and resides at Tsianda Village. In 2004, Frank won the National Castle League Award, an award for the best reporter in the SAB league in South Africa.
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