TMG Digital/TMG Sport report that the SA Football Association (Safa) has reached an amicable settlement agreement with axed former Bafana Bafana coach Ephraim “Shakes” Mashaba at the CCMA.  

The agreement was reached on Friday morning, ending a long-running arbitration hearing.  The figure involved was not disclosed on the record due to a confidentiality clause‚ but it is believed to be in the region of R2.5 million.  After the proceedings‚ Mashaba declined to comment.  But his lawyer, Claudio Bollo, said Mashaba’s camp was pleased to have reached an amicable end to the saga.  Mashaba went to the CCMA in February after he was fired in December for “gross misconduct‚ insubordination and violating Safa’s communications policy”.  Safa also maintained that the professional relationship between themselves and Mashaba had broken down irreparably.

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