Obituary

Abdul Bhamjee: NSL giant who fell from grace (1938-2021)

The man who helped to found the soccer league was ostracised after fraud conviction

24 January 2021 - 00:00 By Thomas Kwenaite

To praise this man requires borrowing a line from the celebrated poet Kahlil Gibran: “A comrade of justice; a lover of honesty; fighter for dignity and defender of fair play.”..

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