Premier Soccer League (PSL) CEO Kennedy Ndebele has refuted reports that the league is paying $8 000 per month in rentals for its Harare offices. Ndebele said the combined rental costs for both Harare and Bulawayo offices are actually less than $4000 per month. This comes after a number of articles in state media ahead of today’s election for the PSL chair. Speaking to The Standard, Ndebele said,
We have read with dismay inaccurate and misleading media reports insinuating that the Premier Soccer League [PSL] is paying rentals way above market rates,” Ndebele said in a statement yesterday.
We would like to set the record straight that PSL is not paying rentals near the stated figures of $8 000 per month for its Harare head office. In fact, the combined rentals for both Harare and Bulawayo offices do not add up to half of the alleged figures. It’s also untrue that the leased premises are owned by a local farmer.
The lease agreements for the two premises are available for our stakeholders to peruse. The leased premises in Bulawayo were secured by the previous PSL management committee in 2009, before the current chief executive officer was employed by the league.
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