Bafana team finally gets visas
The Clement Manyathela Show · 1 June 2026 · 17m
Speaker 1: You with Clement Manya Telao. Okay, what's happening with the Fana Bafana players and suffer. Speaker 1: It's there's something that's really going on at SAFFA, because we have complained a number Speaker 1: of times about how administratively things are being around there. So I've got a statement Speaker 1: here that was released today not so long ago from SAFFA because there was an Speaker 1: emergency meeting yesterday. I remember there was this issue with the Fana Bafana stuff or Speaker 1: footballers and some of the staff members who are supposed to They were supposed to Speaker 1: leave for Mexico, I think over the weekend, but they were not able to do Speaker 1: so because there were issues with their visas. So there's a statement that's just dropped Speaker 1: from SAFA. I want to read it to you and then I want to bring Speaker 1: in the Deputy Minister of Ats and Culture and bring in a sports journalistic can Speaker 1: help us understand what this truly means. But what they're saying is the Fana Bafana Speaker 1: will depart from Mexico today on the first of June, after visas were secured for Speaker 1: all the players yesterday. On Sunday, the thirty first, the South African Football Association held Speaker 1: an emergency committee meeting on Sunday night, the thirty first of May, where a number Speaker 1: of issues around the South African Senior men's national teams delayed travel plans to Mexico Speaker 1: were discussed by the members. It was revealed in the meeting that the only outstanding Speaker 1: visas are for four members of the camp. However, SAFFA is working closely with the Speaker 1: relevant authorities to ensure that they are aboard the…
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