By Monwabisi Jimlongo
Moffat Qithi is ready to take on Boxing South Africa (BSA) yet again as the boxing regulatory body has made it clear that it’s fight against him will continue.
The BSA board decided to continue fighting against the organisation’s former chief executive officer after Qithi gave the boxing regulatory body yet another beating at the Labour Court in Johannesburg last week.
The Labour Court dismissed BSA’s application to review the decision of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) ruling, which ruled in Qithi’s favour in his case after he was fired by the boxing regulatory body following a disciplinary hearing in 2015.
Judge Portia Nkutha-Nkontwana dismissed BSA’s review application and ordered the organisation to pay Qithi’s costs including the costs of the review application on Tuesday last week.
“We are going to take this matter further. We are going to appeal. We should be filing our papers during the course of this week,” BSA board spokesperson Dr Azwitamisi Nthangeni said on Monday.
Qithi responded: “By now they should be smelling the coffee. It looks like sinus is still blocking their noses. We will meet at court, only if their application for leave to appeal is granted.”
Qithi won his case against BSA on 17 December 2018 and the CCMA ordered that he be paid R3,9 million plus interest and also be reinstated as CEO.
The then BSA board applied for the review of the CCMA ruling on 1 February 2019 – the last day of the six weeks provided for in Section 145 of the Labour Relations Act.
