More problems for Durban City! JDR Stars to appeal DRC decision over player eligibility, putting PSL promotion and relegation in fresh standoff - 'Magawana was supposed to get a clearance from Leruma United'

JDR Stars' lawyer Leruma Thobejane has confirmed that they will appeal against the Premier Soccer League Disciplinary Committee's judgement that dismissed their case against Durban City FC.

JDR Stars had lodged a complaint against Saziso Magawana's eligibility to play for Durban City, but after holding a meeting on Tuesday, the PSL threw away the protest case.

Now, the complainant, JDR Stars, through its lawyer, Thobejane, has indicated it is going to appeal against the PSL DC decision.

“It was just a verbal ruling, and we requested them to give us a written ruling with grounds for dismissing the case," Thobejane said, as quoted by News24.com.

“Normally, the appeal should go to the Safa appeals board before arbitration. But because this is an urgent matter, we want it to go straight to arbitration.

"We can only appeal when we have grounds, and I don’t know what grounds there would be because the clearance used to register the player was invalid. Magawane was supposed to get a clearance from Leruma United. That’s a fact."

On Tuesday, the PSL prosecutor, Advocate Zola Majavu, confirmed that the JDR Stars' case had been thrown away because it found nothing wrong in the procedure used to register Magawana.

The player signed for Durban City from Marumo Gallants, but his transfer has become a legal matter that has threatened to put the 2024-25 NFD teams at loggerheads.

Majavu said that the evidence presented by JDR Stars was without merit, leaving PSL with only one choice: to dismiss the case.

The indication that JDR Stars will appeal the case means that Durban City will wait for longer to know its promotion fate.

Cape Town Spurs, who are staring at a relegation, will also wait before they learn their fate.