OFFICIAL: Two PSL referees suspended after poor performance

Cledwin Baloyi is one of the PSL officials who has been “benched”. He was first assistant when he denied Swallows FC a clear goal against TS Galaxy last month, which led to a severe backlash for his incorrect offsides call.

Tshidiso Maruping has also been sidelined after incorrectly awarding Golden Arrows a penalty against SuperSport United in January. The decision led to a key goal for Arrows and left SuperSport coach Gavin Hunt incensed.

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Following complaints, SAFA’s review committee has decided to take action

“We have found that they have made one or two errors in their matches and the review committee has made the recommendations with regards to their performances in matches. Therefore they are out for the set period,” SAFA Head of Referees, Abdul Ebrahim, told iDiski Times.

In fact, the duo are only expected to return to top-flight action once the review committee decides that they have made necessary improvements.

“They could do Diski Challenge matches or ABC Motsepe League and that will depend on where they are appointed or if they are appointed by the appointing officer,” said Ebrahim.

“Because, for example, you can’t put a match official isolated for four weeks and expect them after four weeks they must step in into the Premier League or Motsepe Foundation Championship to officiate again.

“It is better to put them into the programme and while they are on the programme, they get to officiate in matches [not in the top flight] and they are being assessed on the regular basis.”

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The top half of the PSL log currently look like this:

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