MYENGWA WANTS E1.8 MILLION FROM FA

MBABANE – Myengwa Sibandze and the Football Association (FA) payout talks in their over a decade legal battle have hit a snag.
The football motherbody is querying some of Sibandze’s demands, amounting to E1.8 million.

The 11-year-old legal battle between the FA and their former Technical Director Sibandze, ended with victory for the latter following the final ruling of the Industrial Court of Appeal two weeks ago.
In a case that has been ongoing since 2006, Sibandze, whose position then was Director of Coaching, before it was changed to Technical Director, a position currently occupied by Boy ‘Bizzah’ Mkhonta, the Industrial Court of Appeal ruled in Sibandze’s favour, compelling the FA to pay him for unfair dismissal.

Sibandze and his legal representatives met the FA on Monday and on Wednesday, to among other things do calculations of the payout. According to impeccable sources, the FA is refuting some of the monies ahead of today’s return to court.
On both parties’ return to the Industrial Court yesterday, the FA told the court that they have no problem paying Sibandze just over E300 000 for unfair dismissal and gratuity pay among other things, while strongly disputing car mileage costs that take the figure close to E2 million.

Sibandze was granted his prayers by the Industrial Court of Appeal which initially included reinstatement and payment of his terminal benefits, owed salary as well as other benefits as per his contract, which was never renewed when it expired after its two years in 2002.

When Sibandze’s contract with the FA expired in 2002, he continued without signing a new contract with the football motherbody and still received his salary as per the first fixed-term contract but was then dismissed in March 2006. Then, the courts ruled in his favour, saying while only one fixed-term contract was signed, both parties continued their bond, as Sibandze received a monthly salary as per his initial contract, which was as good as a fixed-term contract.
Myengwa, the applicant in the matter that has dragged for 11 years now, was dismissed on March 3, 2006. His last fixed-term contract was supposed to come to an end on July 30, 2006.

Myengwa’s prayers among others was that the FA pay him arrear salaries and accruals at the rate of 11.5 per cent from 2004, and his gratuity at a 25 per cent scale since the year 2000 to 2006, medical cover and car petrol allowance.
Worth noting is that the FA did not win any of their arguments in the matter as they were found to have unfairly dismissed Sibandze and must pay him all his dues and further take the burden of the legal costs of suit.

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