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“SAFA Vhembe betrayed me” result. Although the case was reported to A well-known local football match the league two days after the incicommissioner, Mr Rudzani Mudent, it took them more than a year to laudzi, has been exonerated at last. finalize it. He was acquitted by a SAFA VhemDuring the enquiry, the delay to be disciplinary committee on all finalize the matter was revealed to charges of corruption. have been influenced by the fact that Although the enquiry was held on 21 the league was still trying to collect as September, the outcome was commumuch evidence as possible, saying the nicated to Mulaudzi last Friday. case was complex in nature. The case relates to an incident that The committee found that the two took place at the Malamulele Stadiwitnesses, Mr Philemon Baloyi and um shortly before the MMK League his brother, Baldwin Baloyi, had failed promotional play-off game between to prove beyond doubt that Mulaudzi Wayeni Sea Robbers and Ficus FC had indeed tried to solicit a bribe from on Saturday, 9 June last year. After the club. Mr Philemon Baloyi, who the game, an official of Sea Robbers was the first witness in the matter, told sent a report to the league, alleging the committee that Mr Mulaudzi had that Mulaudzi, who was the match sent a certain man to solicit a bribe commissioner in the game, had tried to from the club shortly before the game solicit a bribe from the officials of Sea started. Robbers in exchange for a favourable Baloyi failed, however, to tell the By Frank Mavhungu
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committee the identity of the so-called middleman. He stressed the fact that the man had claimed to have been sent by Mulaudzi. Mr Baldwin Baloyi’s evidence could also not link Mr Mulaudzi with the act of misconduct he had been charged with. That left the committee with no other option than to find Mr Mulaudzi not guilty on all charges. Asked what the verdict meant to him, Mulaudzi said that he was feeling betrayed by his own organization, SAFA Vhembe. “I feel betrayed by SAFA Vhembe. My football life was on hold for more than 12 months in SAFA Vhembe and aspirant referees suffered as a result. I am a referee development officer and now that I am acquitted, I can do what I love most,” reads an extract of Mr Mulaudzi’s statement. The enquiry was led by a wellknown legal guru, Adv AG Mphanama.
Not guilty and acquitted: Mr Rudzani Mulaudzi.