The former Maritzburg City striker has, according to one newspaper report, returned home to Natal in disgust.
Mthembu, who had been training at Naturena ever since the legal wrangle over his future began, was, according to another report, with the Buccaneers on Thursday last week, giving rise to speculation that no deal had been reached between Chiefs’ Kaizer Motaung and Bucs Irvin Khoza and that the League’s Dispute Resolution Chamber’s ruling that he is a registered Pirates’ player would stand.
Chiefs’ appeal against the DRC decision was set to come before the Appeal Board yesterday, but has been postponed to November 16
According to Amakhosi team manager Bobby Motaung, the case was postponed as Safa did not have “some of the information needed for the appeal to sit on the matter”.
