Kaizer Chiefs fined again, risk playing behind closed doors

Kaizer Chiefs have been hit with a second fine this season by the PSL Disciplinary Committee for crowd violence.

The Soweto giants have been fined R200,000. R50,000 has been suspended for six months on condition they are not found guilty of the same offence.

The incident at Peter Mokaba Stadium was the second offence following the earlier events at Mbombela Stadium.

On Monday afternoon, advocate Zola Majavu delivered the verdict of the Premier Soccer League Disciplinary Committee.

Majavu confirmed Chiefs appeared before the PSL DC on Monday to answer for two counts of spectator misbehaviour. This was in DStv Premiership and MTN fixtures on September 20th and 23rd, respectively.

WHY KAIZER CHIEFS ARE BEING FINED AGAIN

“They pleaded guilty as charged and having been so convicted, and upon listening to the submissions from the prosecutor and their representatives, both in mitigation and aggravation of sanction, the PSL DC issued the following ruling with regard to sanction one.”

A few weeks ago, Chiefs were found guilty of the same offence and fined R100,000. R70,000 of the fine was payable immediately. The remaining R30,000 was suspended on condition that the team does not commit the same offence again in the next year.

Unfortunately, a few weeks later, they were convicted again of the same offence, resulting in the immediate enforcement of their suspended R30,000 fine.

For the new infringements, which were counted as one for sanction purposes, they were issued a monetary fine of R200,000, of which R50,000 is suspended for six months on condition that they are not found guilty of the same offence again during the suspension period. The effective payable amount for the new contraventions is, therefore, R150,000.

AMAKHOSI RISK PLAYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

“So in total, it will be R180,000 Rands plus the cost of today’s seating, which is usually administratively computed by the league and then added to the bill of the fine itself. 

“Over and above that, and as a mark of the PSL DC’s displeasure, the errant behaviour of these few fans, they were further ordered with an automatic spectator ban at the next match.”

The PSL Judicial Body issued a severe warning shot to the club’s followers.

“…The import of it is that it will affect other innocent spectators or fans of the club they are scheduled to play next. For practical considerations, it would simply mean that a particular fixture will be played without fans on both sides of the team’s fixture against each other.”

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