Lowo owayengumqeqeshi weBafana Bafana ophinde abe isilomo se-Orlando Pirates u-Ephraim “Shakes” Mashaba uphume esibhedlela eseluleme ngokugcwele ngenxa yesifo esibucayi esinyeni.
UMashaba, 74, ungeniswe esibhedlela iHelen Joseph e-Auckland Park ngenxa yobunzima bokuchama ngoJanuwari 25, wadedelwa ngoJanuwari 26 waphinde wangeniswa ngoJanuwari 27 evuvukele ulimi evala imigudu yokuphefumula.
“Yebo ukhululiwe,” kusho uSithembele Khala, obekhulumela umndeni wakwaMashaba.
Ebuzwa ukuthi ngabe umqeqeshi unikezwe konke okucacile ngezinkinga zakhe zempilo, uKhala uthe: “Ungcono kakhulu. Wayehamba futhi ejabule futhi walulama ngokuphelele.”Kuke kwaba nokukhathazeka okuphakanyiswe uKhala ezingxoxweni ngezinga lokwelashwa uMashaba akuthola kusenesikhathi esibhedlela sikahulumeni uHelen Joseph, okuhlanganisa nokusho ukuthi umqeqeshi ushiywe “ehlezi lapho ngaphandle kokubona udokotela usuku noma ezimbili”.
Lokhu kubikwe ukuthi kube ngcono ngemuva kokuvakashela umqeqeshi kukaNdunankulu waseGauteng uPanyaza Lesufi kanye noNgqongqoshe wezeMidlalo uMatome Chiloane, kamuva nomengameli weSouth African Football Association, uDanny Jordaan, ngoFebhuwari 4, ngemuva kwalokho uMashaba wayiswa ewadini ezimele.
UKhala uthe umqeqeshi uphume esibhedlela ejabule ngempatho ayitholile.
“Ngemuva kokuhambela kukandunankulu nongqongqoshe belandelwa umengameli weSafa bamshintshele kwenye iwadi ehlukile, okuyiwodi ezimele kodwa babuye bathi akubhekwa ezokuphepha ngoba bese kuqhamuka abantu esibhedlela befuna ukumbona.
“Baphinde banyusa ezokuphepha kuleso sitezi. Kodwa wafakwa ewodini elingcono kakhulu kunangaphambili.
“Ekugcineni wayesenelisekile.”