What the Siya crew has been told…

Word reaching the Siya crew is that Cheslyn Jampies is accusing Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila of unfair dismissal and he, along with his legal team, is willing to go to all the way to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to prove it.

According to the former Santos, Bloemfontein Celtic, Sekhukhune United, Baroka FC and Jomo Cosmos man, he had joined the club in July 2022 and, in that time, had only received half of his salary upon joining the club and thereafter had only received one full salary from the club in the four months that he spent at the side before his contract was terminated.

“They paid me one half (salary) and one full. The half was paid in August, which was my July salary, and the full salary that I got was on the 24th of September, which was for August,” the player told the Siya crew.

The defender further stated that he had been pleading with the club to pay him his outstanding money owed, although those pleas fell on deaf ears as two months after his departure from the club he is yet to receive a cent from TTM, which has seen him decide to take legal action against the Limpopo-based outfit.

“My plan is with the lawyer at the moment after various pleas, begging, crying, calls, e-mails. So, now it’s no longer in my hands. I have spoken to my lawyer,” he revealed.

Jampies further stated that the club’s reasons for terminating his contract was due to his physical conditioning, where he was said to be overweight and did not form part of the technical team’s plans as a result.

“That didn’t make sense to me. A blind person could see that this was lies because if I was not physically ready, why would you then turn around and make me your club’s captain? So, somewhere down the line, I am an adult, I am a father, I raise kids too, so I understand that there are jobs to be saved and people are protecting their jobs – but I will not derail from what I’ve said,” he added.

Indications are that everything changed when Jampies voiced his concern and opinion over the unpaid salaries. At the time of the termination of the contract, the player still had 20 months left on his twoyear contract and after agreeing to a termination, is now set to take the club on.

The Siya crew reached out to TTM Team Manager Azwihangwisi Phasha for a Fair Play. However, numerous text messages and phone calls were left unanswered at the time of going to print.