The meeting comes after the supporters threatened not to vote in the May 8th general elections until the owner Max Tshabalala sells the team to the local consortium led by local businesswoman Sinki Leshabane.

They also threatened to disrupt the ANC provincial manifesto on Saturday at Dr Molemela Stadium.

The supporters have vowed to put pressure on Tshabalala to sell the team after they say he failed to manage the team properly.

They have since the beginning of the year boycotted the games saying they would do until Tshabalala sells.

ANC provincial secretary, Paseka Nompondo, confirmed to OFM News that they had a crucial meeting with management, supporters, the National Executive Committee and other stakeholders to find an amicable solution to the challenges faced by the Bloemfontein-based outfit.

"We had a meeting on Monday with management, possible buyers, as well as the leadership of supporters but we will make an announcement on Thursday at the supporters' general meeting.

"As the ANC we are concerned with what is currently happening at Celtic and we felt we needed to intervene and see how best we can help. But all the details shall be revealed tomorrow," he says.

The supporters made it clear that they want Tshabalala out and that the club be sold to a consortium or they won't attend matches.

They say management has failed to run the team effectively with players constantly on strike over salaries.

The team has been facing financial difficulties these past few years and prompted Tshabalala to put the team up for sale, much to the dissatisfaction of supporters who in turn took to the streets protesting the sale of the team.

They now informed the management they would not attend the games until the team is sold, preferably to Leshabane and the consortium.

Leshabane, who owns the ABC Motsepe side, Mangaung United, has since last year shown interest to buy the team but later learned that Tshabalala owed the South African Revenue Services (Sars) over R40 million and this halted the sale of the team until the debt with Sars is settled, hence the deal fell through.

The much-anticipated meeting that is expected to be attended by scores of fans is scheduled to start at 5PM.

OFM News/Michael Tlhakudi