Dawids resigns

HENDRIK Dawids resigned as chairman of the Namibia Premier League (NPL) yesterday, sources revealed yesterday.

Dawids, who served in the position for about 11 months, decided to call it quits due to apparent personal reasons.
He was voted into the position to serve the interests of the elite league for two years, but is said to have enough of football, even before his term came to an end.
Yesterday, NPL media officer, Meke Namindo said they received the news on the chairman’s resignation, but could not make any comments regarding that.
She said a Management Committee meeting will be held today on the matter and a formal announcement will be made.
Dawids replaced former chairman Peter van Wyk at the helm of the NPL and promised to turn the league into a professional set-up.
Dawids suffered a set-back just after he took office with the break-up of the Namibia Football Consortium (NFC), which was the biggest financial provider to domestic football, especially the league.
Despite the dissolution of the body, which ultimately delayed the start of the league, Dawids and the Namibia Football Association (NFA) managed to secure at least N$4,3 million for the league from domestic mobile giant MTC.
With the sponsorship, they increased the monthly grant of premiership teams from N$10 000 to N$15 000 a month and also planned to move the NPL base out of Soccer House where it is currently housed.
During his stint, Dawids battled with poorly attended meetings by his various club chairmen who make out the Board of Governors (BoG), but an NPL Management Committee managed to positively portray the image of the league.
The league is set to finish by mid June and an interim chairmen will be chosen to see it through until the next elections.
Dawids is also the owner of premiership contenders Orlando Pirates, who are set to meet African Stars in the Cell One NFA Cup tomorrow.
The team has gone through troubled times and recently suspended their key player Johannes Seibeb, while they have earlier fired their coach Brian Isaacs and also parted ways with team manager, Mario Carreira.
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