OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 9.00pm.
PREMIER Soccer League spokesman Andrew Dipela said on Thursday that the decision to clear referee Petros Mathabela of any wrongdoing in officiating a league match was taken by a sub-committee of Safa and not the Motsimele Commission as was reported on Wednesday.
“The Safa committee was acting on the complaint by the club and independently took that decision to clear Mathabela. It had nothing to do with the Motsimele Commission,” he said.
The Motsimele commission was formed to investigate allegations of match-fixing and bribery, Dipela said.
Mathabela allegedly disallowed four legitimate goals in a match last season between Manning Rangers and Bush Bucks.
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