By Olwethu Mabhala
I-Orlando Pirates ingene emanzini ashushu emva kokuba umbutho webhola ekhatywayo e-Afrika (CAF) ukhuphe uthotho lwezohlwayo ngenxa yolwaphulo-mthetho oluninzi lokhuphiswano nokhuseleko.
Ezi zohlwayo zilandela uphando kwiziganeko ezenzeka kwiCAF Champions League, esona sigwebo sakutsha nje sisukela kumdlalo wabo wokuqala neFC Saint Eloi Lupopo KweyeDwarha. I-CAF iqinisekise ukuba iPirates ihlawuliswe i-(R343,000) ngezityholo zokusebenzisa iimveliso zemichiza kufutshane negumbi lokutshixa lelinye iqela, inyathelo elibonwa liyingozi kwimpilo nakukhuseleko lwabadlali namagosa.
Ukongeza, iklabhu yafumana esinye isohlwayo see-(R85,700) ngokusilela ukunikezela ngesiqinisekiso esifanelekileyo kubathunywa baseLupopo, nto leyo eyakhokelela kwisiphithiphithi nongquzulwano kumnyango webala lemidlalo.
Lilonke, iqela lizakuhlawula i-(R430,000) emva kokuba iCAF isichithile isibheno sePirates yaze yavumelana nezityholo eziziswe yiLupopo.