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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - MARCH 31: Swallows celebrates winning during the DStv Premiership match between Cape Town Spurs and Moroka Swallows at Athlone Stadium on March 31, 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images)
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - MARCH 31: Swallows celebrates winning during the DStv Premiership match between Cape Town Spurs and Moroka Swallows at Athlone Stadium on March 31, 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images)

The Premier Soccer League prosecutor Zola Majavu is expected to provide further information on the protest that was lodged by Cape Town Spurs against Moroka Swallows.

Before Sunday's DStv Premiership clash kick-off, there was drama at Athlone Stadium as the home side protested about Swallows de-registering all their players during the January transfer window, only to later re-register them.

KickOff understands the protest was about the status of the re-registered Dube Birds players.

Swallows won the league encounter 1-0 and therefore it would be a huge blow if they were to lose the case, as they are currently in 13th position on the log table, while the Urban Warriors sit bottom of the 16-team log.

Spurs had until Tuesday to lodge a fully written protest with the League.

Premier Soccer League official, Ronnie Schloss, has now confirmed to KickOff that the Cape Town-based club is going ahead with the protest.

"The case is being referred to the PSL prosecutor Zola Majavu, they've protested," Schloss tells this publication.

The match commissioner on the day, Abdul Ebrahim from SAFA, explained what exactly led to the protest.

"The protest sits with the PSL," Ebrahim says.

"We had nothing to do with the protest. We just received a letter, we signed it, and everything was forwarded to the PSL.

"The PSL will do all the necessary investigations, they will see if there's merit to the protest and then they will take it further.

"The protest had to do with player registration. At this stage, I don’t want to divulge anything from the letter, unless the PSL has made a statement.

"But all I can say is, it had to do with a player registration. There appeared to be a problem with some of the registrations."

Spurs CEO Alexi Efstathiou refused to say much on the matter when contacted for comment as he felt it might jeopardize their case.

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