Premier Soccer League (PSL) chairperson Irvin Khoza has condemned the violence by Kaizer Chiefs fans at Durban’s Moses Mabhida stadium on Saturday, where 18 people were injured and a security guard badly beaten.
Khoza was addressing a media briefing in Johannesburg on Monday. Khoza says there will be a thorough investigation into the rampage by Kaizer Chiefs fans at Moses Mabhida stadium on Saturday night.
The violence resulted in serious injury to a security guard, 32-year-old Sabelo Maziba, caught on camera. Khoza has confirmed that the guard has been discharged from hospital. He also confirmed that there were no deaths following the violence at the stadium. He says there will be a thorough investigation into the incident.
Khoza starts by clearing the confusion about the female security guard. Says it was a male guard Sabela Maziba aged 32 not a woman. #PSL #MosesMabhidaStadium
— Tracksuit (@ThabisoMosia) April 23, 2018
“The only female that was attended to was aged 35 and was over the drinking limit. She was paralytic. She just had too much to drink. The hospital referred her to the police station where she slept over for the night”- PSL Chairman Irvin Khoza pic.twitter.com/mByRhUUoJ0
— Tracksuit (@ThabisoMosia) April 23, 2018
Khoza urged police to do more, saying they struggle to deploy enough officers to such events, due to lack of funding. He says any decision on possible sanctions against the Kaizer Chiefs will only be made after a formal disciplinary hearing.
Khoza says the Lieutenant Colonel that was supposed to overlook the whole safety/security plan did not attend the pre-planning meetings.The Colonel only showed up on MatchDay.”How can he implement something he was not part of”.. “it leaves us with questions” #MosesMabhidaStadium
— Tracksuit (@ThabisoMosia) April 23, 2018
Chiefs are playing Arrows in Durban tomorrow. Khoza says the match will go ahead and will be televised. #PSL #MosesMabhidaStadium
— Tracksuit (@ThabisoMosia) April 23, 2018
Watch the video below for scenes of what happened on Saturday:
Chaos at Soccer Stadiums by SABC Digital News
