Sunday World reports that renowned football administrator Sinky Mnisi, who was red carded by Marumo Gallants after his failed sangoma-sponsored bid to propel the team to the premiership league, has scored a R1.7 -million windfall for unfair dismissal.

The National Soccer League (NSL) and the SA Football Association (Safa) have issued an award to deduct R1.7m from Leruma United FC and pay it to Mnisi. This after the two soccer bodies ruled that he was unfairly dismissed by Gallants last year. Gallants bought PSL outfit Moroka Swallows and sold its status to United, hence the money is to be docked from the latter’s grant. United general manager, Lucky Mokgotho, filed an urgent application in the Joburg High Court last week to interdict the NSL and Safa from docking the money from their grant. The monetary quantum includes Mnisi’s monthly salary of R200,000 and money to pay the sangoma. Mnisi was paid over R1-million in four months by Gallants to help the team bounce back to the money-spinning PSL. But Mnisi and Gallants’ plan of relying on magic from a traditional healer instead of technical football acumen boomeranged because the club lost several matches and failed lackadaisically to bounce back to the PSL. As a result, Gallants fired Mnisi and approached the Joburg High Court last year and demanded their money back from him. Mnisi lodged a complaint with the NSL’s dispute resolution committee, which found in his favour.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ngwako Malatji at Sunday World

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