Premier Soccer League (PSL) chairman Irvin Khoza says poor planning by police is partly to blame for the violence at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban after a Nedbank Cup semifinal between Kaizer Chiefs and Free State Stars on Saturday. Several people were injured when fans invaded the pitch after Chiefs’ 2-0 defeat to Stars and caused damage likely to cost millions of rand. Khoza said police are often found wanting ahead of major soccer matches and there were times when they did not turn up at crucial meetings during the planning stages of these events. ‘‘When there are issues of this nature like on Saturday‚ where the game was medium risk‚ understand that the authority lies with the VOC commander‚" he said, referring to the South African Police Service’s (SAPS’s) venue operations centre commander. ‘‘The VOC commander is the only person who can instruct deployment when an incident of that nature happens," he said, adding that if the VOC commander did not issue an instruction‚ nobody ...
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