Spare the Bloem football fanatics the pain, please

We hope Siwelele FC problems are sorted out quickly

- Kgomotso Mokoena

When Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie announced that his eldest son Calvin Le John bought the status of SuperSport United and that they were renaming the club Siwelele FC, there was song and dance; there was razzmatazz, and tears of joy flowed like the Nile River among the passionate people of Bloemfontein.

If you want to delight the masses in the City of Roses, ask them about Bloemfontein Celtic, let them regale you with tales of Phunya Sele Sele.

In came Siwelele FC. Anew jersey and logos were designed. Businessman Eddie Modise had bought the naming rights of Bloemfontein Celtic but McKenzie and his crew shiboboed him and formed Siwelele FC - at first the supporters were a little bothered, but as soon as the new green and white jerseys were available, they forgot about the Celtic copyright and intellectual property wars - they just wanted to get to the grandstands and sing their songs.