Pitso Mosimane, Fikile Mbalula (Minister of Sport and Recreation) and Shakes Mashaba during the South African Sports Awards night with the stars from the Palace, Sun City on July 12, 2011 in Rustenburg, South Africa.Photo by Lefty Shivambu / Gallo Images
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has accused sports presenter Robert Marawa of using his radio sports show on Metro FM to attack Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane‚ former Bafana Bafana coach Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba and Orlando Pirates and Premier Soccer League chairman Irvin Khoza.
This comes after two weeks of public spats between Marawa and Mbalula on Twitter.
The likelihood of Durban losing the rights to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games a few weeks ago sparked the twar. Their argument escalated when the minister was accused by the sports presenter of trying to get him fired at the national radio station.
Marawa’s claims have led to the flamboyant minister threatening to take him to court.
“Robert Marawa has a personal vendetta against me‚ with time he will be exposed. I don’t have time for chaps like that.
“The charge he made that I tried to get him fired from Metro FM he will answer very soon in court‚ period.
“I will get my name cleared in a court of law‚ that’s my recourse‚ I didn’t get anybody fired‚ instead I protected.”
Mbalula took to Twitter explaining that he was not invited on Marawa’s show to speak about Durban 2022.
“I have never been afraid to appear at Metro FM‚ Metro station doesn’t belong to Robert Marawa‚” Mbalula tweeted.
“He didn’t invite me to his show to speak about Durban 2022‚ I am not afraid of this guy.”
“He ran the same campaign against Pitso Mosimane‚ Shakes Mashaba‚ Irvin Khoza and now me. I will never allow it.”
“So Robert Marawa must run an anti-Mbalula campaign disguised as public discourse‚ nonsense. This vendetta will be exposed.”
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