Moffat Qithi is not ready to throw in the towel in his fight to get his millions and be reinstated as Boxing South Africa (BSA) chief executive officer.
Qithi, who was fired by BSA after he was found guilty during a disciplinary hearing in 2015, won his case against the boxing regulatory body in 2018. The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) ordered BSA to pay Qithi R3,9 million plus interest and also reinstate him as CEO.
That never happened as the then BSA board indicated that it was going to take the CCMA’s order on review.
Years have passed without BSA challenging the CCMA order and Qithi now wants to return to his job.
“The BSA board said it was taking the matter on review. We had no problem with that. That was in February 2019,” Qithi said.
“The Labour Court gave them seven days to bring the necessary documents. They failed to do so. It’s been years now without them complying.”
Seeing that the matter was dragging on, Qithi and his legal team approached the Labour Court asking for the dismissal of BSA’s review application.
“The CCMA ordered them to pay me R3,9 million plus interest. They were also ordered to reinstate me as BSA CEO. They have not done that until now. They owe me a lot of money plus the interest it accumulated. My lawyers have written to the Labour Court asking for the BSA challenge to be thrown out for non-compliance,” he said.
Contacted for comment, BSA board chairperson Luthando Jack’s short reply was: “The Qithi matter is still in court.”
