On Saturday, Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) and a club official were fined for threatening to bewitch a referee after a recent Motsepe Foundation Championship clash.
The incident occurred after TTM suffered a 2-1 defeat to Venda Football Academy at Thohoyandou Stadium.
According to PSL prosecutor Zola Majavu, TTM official Lavhelesani Mukomafhedzi was charged with verbally abusing a match official and threatening them with violence, before threatening to bewitch the referee by taking soil from the pitch for the purpose of muti.
Spectators of TTM also launched missiles in the direction of the match officials, who were being escorted to safety by security officers. Majavu revealed that both TTM and the club official pleaded guilty to the charges.
The club were fined a monitory amount of R100 000, of which R50 000 is suspended on condition that the club are not found guilty of the same offence during a 12-month period. The TTM official has been fined R80 000, half of which is suspended for 12 months unless he is found guilty of the same offences.
Both TTM and the club official have been ordered to send a written apology to the league and match officials, while Mukomafhedzi has also been handed a three-match ban.
