PSL to review Chiefs arbitration ruling in High Court, Soweto giants 'shocked' by decision

Kaizer Chiefs on Thursday released a statement saying they were shocked by the Premier Soccer League (PSL) Executive Committee's decision to review an arbitrator's ruling.

It was recently revealed that a mass Covid-19 outbreak occurred at the club, with no less than 52 members testing positive for the virus in December 2021.

Chiefs wrote to the league, urging the postponement of their festive season fixtures, but the PSL took nearly three weeks to respond.

The club then took matters into their own hands, opting not to honour their fixtures against Cape Town City and Golden Arrows before returning to play against Sekhukhune United 10 days later.

The PSL responded by officially charging the Soweto giants for failing to honour two of their fixtures, before Chiefs challenged the case.

The Glamour Boys opted to rope in the South African Football Association (SAFA) in the matter which further prolonged the case.

Last Friday, a SAFA arbitration ruled in favour of Chiefs to allow ties with City and Arrows to be replayed.

However, the PSL has challenged the decision and says it plans on reviewing it, prompting an angry response from Chiefs.

Kaizer Chiefs is shocked and bewildered by the recent news reaching the Club. Despite a lack of formal communication from the League, which one would expect, the Club has been informed of the PSL Executive Committee's resolution to review the arbitration award of Adv. Nazeer Cassim SC, which was handed down on Friday, 18 March 2022.

The arbitration award correctly decided that the interruption in the Club's performance for the two missed December fixtures was temporarily halted by vis major (that is an overwhelming, unanticipated, and unpreventable event) created by Omicron.

Notwithstanding the fair