Akan quits City Pillars

FORMER Civics coach Ali Akan decided to quit his job at South African Mvela Golden League side City Pillars after they failed to pay him for the past five months.

Akan said the management of the first-division team owes several players thousands of dollars in salaries and have been promising that they would be paid, but they have not yet received the money. He said they took the legal route by laying charges with the police, but a tribunal will first be held to look into why the club has failed to honour its agreements.Akan, who is currently in Namibia, signed a two-year contract with the club and is demanding that he be paid out for that period.”Since I arrived there, they promised that the club will find sponsors and will pay its players and coaches, but these promises went on for five months and I decided to quit the team.They are not serious,” he said.Akan, who formerly coached Tigers, Black Africa and Blue Waters in Namibia, was only in charge for seven league matches in South Africa.He won two, drew two and lost three.The latest log shows that the side has so far played 14 matches, of which they won four, drew seven, and lost three.Akan said a caretaker coach has taken over in the meantime.The Namibian Sport tried in vain to speak to any of the City Pillars officials in South Africa.Akan was treated in the same manner as his predecessor Harry Shaw, who is currently the team manager at South African Premier Soccer League side Mamelodi Sundowns.Shaw did also not receive his salary as coach at City Pillars for months and decided to quit the job.Akan took up the job after he quit Namibian premiership side Tigers towards the end of last season.Akan was the only Namibian-based coach who applied for the Brave Warriors job when it was advertised late last year.He lost out to Zambian coach Ben Bamfuchile.After losing out on the Warriors coaching position and having a fallout with Tigers officials, Akan decided to look to South African clubs, where he clinched a two-year deal with City Pillars.After signing the deal, Akan said his intention was to take the team to the PSL next season, but that wish remains out of reach for now.He said they took the legal route by laying charges with the police, but a tribunal will first be held to look into why the club has failed to honour its agreements.Akan, who is currently in Namibia, signed a two-year contract with the club and is demanding that he be paid out for that period.”Since I arrived there, they promised that the club will find sponsors and will pay its players and coaches, but these promises went on for five months and I decided to quit the team.They are not serious,” he said.Akan, who formerly coached Tigers, Black Africa and Blue Waters in Namibia, was only in charge for seven league matches in South Africa.He won two, drew two and lost three.The latest log shows that the side has so far played 14 matches, of which they won four, drew seven, and lost three.Akan said a caretaker coach has taken over in the meantime. The Namibian Sport tried in vain to speak to any of the City Pillars officials in South Africa.Akan was treated in the same manner as his predecessor Harry Shaw, who is currently the team manager at South African Premier Soccer League side Mamelodi Sundowns.Shaw did also not receive his salary as coach at City Pillars for months and decided to quit the job.Akan took up the job after he quit Namibian premiership side Tigers towards the end of last season.Akan was the only Namibian-based coach who applied for the Brave Warriors job when it was advertised late last year.He lost out to Zambian coach Ben Bamfuchile.After losing out on the Warriors coaching position and having a fallout with Tigers officials, Akan decided to look to South African clubs, where he clinched a two-year deal with City Pillars.After signing the deal, Akan said his intention was to take the team to the PSL next season, but that wish remains out of reach for now.