A decision on sanctions, if any, for Tsepo Masilela for not heeding a national team call-up last month will only be announced next week.
It follows a lengthy hearing last Friday, which lasted from 9am to 5pm as Masilela, Kaizer Chiefs and Safa laid out their cases to the association's disciplinary committee.
Lengthy submissions were made in the hearing, including from the player himself.
Sources say it is a complicated matter in which Masilela's club Kaizer Chiefs are more culpable than the player himself in not acknowledging a call-up from Shakes Mashaba to play against Mauritania in the African Nations Cup qualifier in Nouakchott.
Masilela received a surprise recall to the squad as Mashaba went back on his promise to pick only young players to build a national team for the future.
Instead, the coach turned to the 30-year-old left-back as his best option for the left side of defence, only for Masilela to fail to turn up as he was suffering from an alleged knee injury
At the time, Safa issued an initial statement saying it would investigate, and later its spokesman Dominic Chimhavi said a letter had been written to the Premier Soccer League seeking clarification.
"The information we get from the PSL will help us complete our investigation before we can think about taking any disciplinary action. As stipulated in the Fifa rules, any injured player must come to the national team to be examined by our doctors, and that did not happen. We need to establish the reasons for this."
After interaction with PSL, it was decided to charge Masilela, who was left out of the subsequent Bafana squad that departed yesterday for Central America via Brazil.
Masilela missed Chiefs' Telkom Knockout match against Platinum Stars on Sunday due to suspension.
Masilela's fate in Safa's hands
A decision on sanctions, if any, for Tsepo Masilela for not heeding a national team call-up last month will only be announced next week.
It follows a lengthy hearing last Friday, which lasted from 9am to 5pm as Masilela, Kaizer Chiefs and Safa laid out their cases to the association's disciplinary committee.
Lengthy submissions were made in the hearing, including from the player himself.
Sources say it is a complicated matter in which Masilela's club Kaizer Chiefs are more culpable than the player himself in not acknowledging a call-up from Shakes Mashaba to play against Mauritania in the African Nations Cup qualifier in Nouakchott.
Masilela received a surprise recall to the squad as Mashaba went back on his promise to pick only young players to build a national team for the future.
Instead, the coach turned to the 30-year-old left-back as his best option for the left side of defence, only for Masilela to fail to turn up as he was suffering from an alleged knee injury
At the time, Safa issued an initial statement saying it would investigate, and later its spokesman Dominic Chimhavi said a letter had been written to the Premier Soccer League seeking clarification.
"The information we get from the PSL will help us complete our investigation before we can think about taking any disciplinary action. As stipulated in the Fifa rules, any injured player must come to the national team to be examined by our doctors, and that did not happen. We need to establish the reasons for this."
After interaction with PSL, it was decided to charge Masilela, who was left out of the subsequent Bafana squad that departed yesterday for Central America via Brazil.
Masilela missed Chiefs' Telkom Knockout match against Platinum Stars on Sunday due to suspension.
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