MBABANE – Capital city giants Mbabane Highlanders have dismissed claims that club legend Sifiso ‘Barnes’ Mkhulisi was fired.
This was revealed by ‘Inkunzi’emnyama’ legal representative Nkosingivile Dlamini from Dynasty Inc. after the team was hauled before the Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration Commission (CMAC). This followed allegations suggesting that the duo of former Head Coach Ernest Mavuso and his assistant Sifiso ‘Barnes’ Mkhulisi had reported the club to the commission for unfair dismissal and breach of contract.
CMAC is an independent, statutory labour disputes resolution body that functions as an industrial relations tribunal or an employment relations commission.
Instead of going straight to the industrial courts, employees (including football coaches and players) and employers take their disputes to CMAC to resolve contractual disagreements, unfair dismissal claims and unpaid dues through mediation or arbitration.
The source alleged that the coaches resorted to reporting the black and white capital city giants to the commission after the club failed to pay their salaries and terminated their contracts before they expired.
A source close to the coaches revealed that the team appeared before the commission, but only to hear the matter involving Mkhulisi’s case.
“The matter was heard today (yesterday) as only Barnes was given the date to appear with Highlanders, who were represented by lawyer Nkosingivile,” the source said.
The source was, however, quick to highlight that the details of the hearing could only be sourced from the parties involved as it was held behind closed doors.
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