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PSL club accused of non-payment of players’ salaries

Concerns have been raised after the South African Football Players Union was made aware of unpaid salaries at TS Galaxy.

PSL TS Galaxy

Downdcast TS Galaxy players. Photo: Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix

As reported by SABC Sport on Tuesday, SAFPU Vice-President Tebogo Munyai says reports of TS Galaxy failing to pay some of its players’ salaries last month has now reached their office.

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In fact, besides confirming this matter is being looked into, he also also stated that there was an issue of this nature that arose last year over a period of two months.

“This is not the first time, a lot of you do not know this but about four or five months ago, TS Galaxy didn’t pay players for two months. We are really worried about the non-payment of players, especially in the professional ranks,” he said.

“It’s not only TS Galaxy. National First Division is worse, just yesterday I was engaging with one of the club owners regarding a similar issue. As a union we’ve taken a step further to invite club owners to our offices to find out what the issues are, why players are not getting paid while the league is paying the grant. We want to get to the bottom of it,” he added.

TS Galaxy are currently 10th on the DStv Premiership log, having managed just four wins this season.

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This sort of story facing TS Galaxy is not unheard of in the PSL recently

In the middle of last year, reports suggested Swallows players were refusing to partake in first-team training sessions as a result of ongoing issues with salary payments.

“Players are not receiving their salaries at Swallows which is something that has been happening since November last year,” South African Football Players Union deputy secretary-general Calvin Motloung said at that time.

“We did attend to that in the interest of the players, where we had a meeting with the club management with regards to the unpaid salaries. But the players suggested we give the club enough time, that was after the club promised to pay them. So now, there are players that have not been paid since December last year.”

Eventually the issue was resolved despite the ongoing financial struggles at Swallows.

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