Matshalelagabedi 2025 Festive Tournament

PUBLIC APOLOGY ON DELAYED PAYMENTS OF MATSHELA 2025 FESTIVE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

The Tshelas Festive Tournament Committee (TFTC) wishes to unreservedly apologise to Matshelagabedi community, village leadership, participating football teams, match officials and all stakeholders for the delayed payments which were due immediately after the tournament ends on 02nd January 2026.

This unfortunate situation arose due to the failure by the Committee’s treasurer to properly account for funds that were entrusted to him and handle the settlement of all tournament-related payments by stated time. TFTC acknowledges the seriousness of this anomaly and the inconvenience, frustration, and disappointment it has caused to all affected parties. As a Committee we had no doubt that the treasurer would disappoint in his duties the way he did especially that he has done well in the previous year.

The Committee takes full responsibility for this lapse in its financial controls and governance, and we deeply regret the damage this has caused to the reputation of the tournament and the trust placed in us by the community and stakeholders.

We wish to inform all concerned parties that the Treasurer has made a formal legal commitment to fully pay all outstanding monies by 31 January 2026. The Committee is actively monitoring this process and is taking steps to ensure that all affected teams and officials are paid as promised.

TFTC further commits to rectifying this mistake, strengthening its financial oversight mechanisms, and putting measures in place to prevent a recurrence of such an incident in the future.

As a voluntary committee and sponsors of the annual festive tournament, who has a burning desire to unite the village through sports and foster future development of the village and its people, we wish to categorically clarify that we have no intention of swindling the community or use this project for personal gain as is already public perception. The project was done in good faith.

Once again, we sincerely apologise for this matter and humbly ask for patience and understanding as we work to resolve it fully. We also thank supporters for gracing the event in numbers and we assure you that what happened would never repeat itself as the committee have learnt serious lessons from last year’s edition.

Note that TFTC is a group of 14 Matshelagabedi natives who voluntarily grouped themselves together for a noble gesture of football improvement in the village during December holidays, while at the same time giving back to the community since proceeds of the tournament are committed to a community project. Last year the Committee donated a printer to Matshelagabedi Primary School worth P9 000.00 and are due for another community project this year which is yet to be identified.

Thank you.
Issued by Tournament Organizers
15 January 2026

STATEMENT ON ABANDONED TOURNAMENT FIXTURES.

The Matshelagabedi Community, football supporters, and all stakeholders of the Tshelas
Festive Football Tournament are hereby regretfully informed that, due to unforeseen
circumstances, the remaining fixtures of the ongoing tournament were abandoned and will
not be played as scheduled.

In the interest of fairness, unity, and peaceful closure of the tournament, the Tournament
Organizers have resolved that the total prize money allocated for the Top 4 teams will be
pooled together and shared equally among the following teams:

Kulenyane Rolling Stars
Matshelagabedi United
Cannibals Football Club
Tumediso Young Strikers

Consequently, all individual awards have been cancelled.

The Tournament Organizers would like to sincerely apologise to the people of
Matshelagabedi Village, football supporters who paid entrance fees, and stall operators
who paid for trading space, for the inconvenience and disappointment caused by the abandoned fixtures.

Furthermore, we wish to assure the community that all proceeds from the tournament will
be redirected towards a community development project, which will be identified in consultation with village leadership. A transparent closure of the tournament, including communication on the chosen community project and donation, will be provided in due course.

We appreciate the community’s understanding, patience, and continued support, and we
reaffirm that this tournament remains a community-driven initiative, for the benefit of
Matshelagabedi Village.

Issued by:
Tshelas Festive Football Tournament Organizers

Results
Cannibals FC Official 2 Kulenyane Rolling Stars 4

Matshelagabedi United 4 Tumediso Young Strikers 2 penalties

Final: Matshelagabedi United vs Kulenyane Rolling Stars
16:45hrs

Captured moments 📸📸

Le kae kante janong??

Kulenyane Rolling Stars FC 4 Cannibals FC Official 2

Kulenyane proceeded to the Finals ⚽⚽⚽

Matshelagabedi Legends Results
Team South 2 Team North 3

🔥 SEMI FINALS | MATSHELAGABEDI FESTIVE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT ⚽🔥

The road to the final gets tougher!
Two massive clashes, one big stage —M.U Stadium 🏟️
🕗 08:00 HRS
Cannibals FC 🆚 Kulenyane Rolling Stars
🕙 10:00 HRS
Matshelagabedi United 🆚 Tumediso Sporting Club
📅 01 January 2026

Adults P15
Kids P5
Car P5

Come early, bring the vibe, and support your team as we chase glory!
Football. Passion. Community.
🔥⚽ Don’t miss it! ⚽🔥

FREE ❗❗❗❗❗❗❗

Matshelagabedi Legends Game
Team North vs Team South

⏰4pm

Cannibals FC Official 2 United Brothers 0

Last Game of the Day
Cannibals FC Official vs United Brothers FC
4:30pm

Results: Tumediso Young Strikers 5 Sekokwe 0

2nd Game: Tumediso Young Strikers vs Sekokwe United

⏰ 2pm