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/ 18 May 2008

Ajax ‘robbed’ of PSL top spot

Ajax Cape Town players slumped to the ground — many of them in tears — after drawing 2-2 with Golden Arrows at the King Zwelithini Stadium in Durban on Sunday, failing to score the goal that would have earned them the Premier Soccer League (PSL) championship, which instead went to SuperSport United.

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/ 16 November 2007

Wanted: A PSL payout agreement

Premier Soccer League CEO Kjetil Siem may not be at the receiving end of the league’s R70-million commission payout controversy, but his wish to see a conclusion to the continuous saga and move on — because it ruins both the sponsor’s and the league’s commercial reputation — will not be granted any time soon.

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/ 5 October 2007

Manuel’s hasty decision sits badly

By now Finance Minister Trevor Manuel must be conceding — privately — his allegation that Absa corruptly won the right to use its name for the premiership championship was as hasty as it was uninformed. OnTuesday, the Premier Soccer League dismissed out of hand that some of its executive committee members had received or stood to receive a 10% commission.

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/ 1 October 2007

PSL commission payments in spotlight

It has been described by one newspaper as ”splitting the Premier Soccer League [PSL] down the middle.” But what Finance Minister Trevor Manuel described as ”morally reprehensible” commission payments amounting to hundreds of millions of rands to PSL officials has seemingly united 45-million South Africans in outraged opposition to the professional soccer organisation.