PSL DC want to revisit team sanctions for fan misbehaviour: Fining clubs is 'not the answer'

An exasperated Zola Majavu, the prosecutor of the Premier Soccer League (PSL), admitted that his hands were tied by the rules of the league, which forces him to hand out sanctions that have been criticised as a slap on the wrist for clubs for the misbehaviour of their supporter. 

Majavu handed down one of those sentences on Friday to Kaizer Chiefs.

He slapped the club with a R200 000 fine, with half of it suspended for a year, for the acts of hooliganism perpetrated by their supporters in the 4-0 loss to Mamelodi Sundowns earlier this month in the Carling Knockout at FNB Stadium. 

A handful of Amakhosi supporters invaded the field with the intent to assault the referee, while others threw missiles onto the pitch.

The supporters' conduct was so persistent and violent that it looked like the game wouldn't even finish. 

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The police even had to intervene, coming onto the pitch less than half an hour into the game. Despite that, and this being the second incidence of this nature for Amakhosi in a season that's just three months old – Majavu slapped the club with a sentence that appears light. 

The R200 000 fine was a 100% increase from the sanction Amakhosi received when their supporters threw missiles onto the pitch on 28 September, also against Sundowns, but this time in the Betway Premiership.

However, that R100 000 fine was suspended for 12 months if the club isn't found guilty of a similar offence.

When they were found guilty of a similar offence on Friday, that suspended R50 000 was triggered – meaning Amakhosi have to pay R150 000 to the league along with the costs of the PSL's disciplinary committee (DC) sitting. 

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