/ 4 March 1999

PSL BAN MATHABELA

THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) has banned top referee Petrus Mathabela from officiating any matches it runs. PSL boss Joe Ndhlela said the Board of Governors agreed to implement the recommendations of the Motimele Commission, which investigated bribery and match-fixing in the last PSL season. Mathabela fell afoul of the decision at the PSl which decided to remove him from the panel of referees following allegations of improperly disallowing goals in a Pirates-Wanderers match, and again in a Bush Bucks-Manning Rangers match. Ndhlela also called for the referee’s committee, including convener Russel Paul, to be relieved of their posts immediately.