Ndoro drama weighs on Ajax fate decider

In a dramatic twist to the on-going saga around Tendai Ndoroa�s the Premier Soccer League (PSL) are demanding that Ajax Cape Town agree to an arbitration hearing before the end of the week even as the club prepares for one of the most important games in their history.

A letter from PSL prosecutor Nande Beckera�s sent to the clubs on Tuesdaya�s insisted that Ajax agree to an arbitration hearing as a�?in view of the most urgencya�? on Thursday and Friday ora�s if necessary even on the weekenda�s to put the Ndoro matter to bed before next weeka��s kick off of the end-of-season promotion-relegation play-offs.

This is despite the club looking to focus their energies as they head to Saturdaya��s must-win match against Kaizer Chiefs at the Cape Town Stadium where they are hoping to avoid finishing second last in the PSL standingsa�s and being forced into the play-offs.

The PSL prosecutor insisted that Ajax must accept the first of three arbitrators who have been put forward for them to choose froma�s because the other two are not available this week.

Parties to an arbitration are given a choice of three arbitratorsa�s usually senior advocatesa�s to hear the matter and if they can agree the South African Football Association (Safa) makes the choice.

The Ndoro matter is headed back for a second arbitrationa�s arranged by Safaa�s after the first arbitration said the PSL DRC had no jurisdiction over the matter and that it should be sorted out by Fifa.

But world footballa��s governing body Fifa have twice kicked the matter backa�s saying South African footballa��s fulsome legal structures should resolve the on-going saga.

The last correspondence from Fifaa�s rejecting a second PSL bid to get them to rule in the mattera�s was sent on April 24a�s more than two weeks ago.

This raises questions about the sudden urgency on the part of the PSL when the new arbitration process could have been set up much quicker.

The issue of whether Ndoro should have played for Ajax in seven matches this season has dominated the legal agenda since Januarya�s but still without resolution in a saga that is becoming increasingly embarrassing for the league. . .