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THE Highlanders executive is tomorrow set to deliberate on Mthulisi Maphosa’s disciplinary hearing after the case failed to take off last Monday after the midfielder questioned why he was being tried when he had ceased to be the club’s employee.Maphosa was charged with bringing the name of the club into disrepute.
The initial disciplinary hearing, at which he was represented by Ezra “Tshisa’’ Sibanda, lasted just under 30 minutes after Maphosa and his representatives cited reports in a local daily in which chief executive officer, Ndumiso Gumede was quoted as saying the midfielder has since been fired from the club for gross indiscipline.
The disciplinary committee’s chairperson and board member Elkanah Dube, then decided to adjourn the hearing to a later date.
Other members of the disciplinary committee include outgoing secretary-general Andrew Tapela and committee member Charles Moyo.
Sources said the executive would come up with pronouncements on the way forward regarding the case.
Efforts to get a comment from Gumede were fruitless by late yesterday.
Maphosa is accused of bringing the name of the club into disrepute by his off field antics that saw him being sentenced to 75 hours of community service by the courts for assaulting his former girlfriend and her alleged lover.
Maphosa is still a Bosso player as his contract runs out at the end of the year and the club might be forced to take him back as they are unlikely to have the funds to buy him out of his contract.
The midfielder, who had a subdued season last year by his standards, was seen training with BCC Golden Stars raising speculation he could be on his way to the new Zifa Southern Region Division One side.
Online Reporter