The Pride of Giyani are up for grabs

After several weeks of speculation, the management of Dynamos Football Club has finally made an announcement that the team is for sale.

According to the deputy chairman of the club, Mr July Malabela, the decision to get rid of the franchise of the club was reached during a meeting held last weekend.

Malabela indicated that the decision was reached after it was realized that gaining promotion to the National First Division (NFD) would be as difficult as for a camel going though the eye of a needle. Dynamos were relegated from the NFD to the Safa second division at the end of last season.

When asked about the price of the franchise, Mr Malabela said that that was a matter between the seller and prospective buyers and that he was not ready to discuss the terms of the sale in the media. He further indicated that the sale is open to anyone who resides within the borders of South Africa.

When asked whether they were intending to buy an NFD franchise in the future, he said that with time they might consider going back to football but they were taking a break for now. When asked what they attributed the team’s relegation to the lower division to, Malabela said that the management had contributed to the downfall of the team to a large extent, besides the other factors.

The history of Dynamos Football dates back to the late nineties, when the Malabela family bought the team’s franchise from Mr Peter Rabali. At one stage, the team was promoted to the Absa Premiership, where they campaigned for two seasons before going back to the NFD again.

Malabela said that he was optimistic that they would get a buyer soon and that he was receiving calls from prospective buyers almost every hour.

Sport - Date: 08 August 2013

Frank Mavhungu

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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