The South African Football Association (SAFA) has released a statement on Banyana Banyana players downing tools over monies owed to them which has since been resolved and agreed upon.
Reports emerged that the defendong WAFCON champions refused to train upon their arrival in Morocco due to unpaid monies.
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Vice-President Linda Zwane and CEO Lydia Monyepao managed to get in touch with the Banyana camp, with Zwane making a commitment to resolve the matter so that the players can have a strong start to their title defence.
“The Association has made a commitment towards it and making sure that players continue with their preparations as we want them to perform very well in the tournament,” he said, according to safa.net.
“We had a discussion with the captain of the team and the HOD, and we were able to then agree and sent the necessary commitment. I think thus far the reports we’re getting are that the team is back at training, and they played a friendly game they wanted to play as part of the preparation.”
SAFA CEO Monyepao delved into the matter a bit saying the matter centred around the Botswana, Malawi and Zambia friendlies and not on the WAFCON.
“The disagreement arose in terms of the payment dates. In terms of the bonuses, however, we have since addressed that matter. We know that we have a commitment to the players and in terms of friendly matches, we give 30 days,” she added.
“But I think us as a federation, you know where we are right now in terms of our financial performance and it was covered extensively in the SAFA Congress (on Saturday) and deliberated on in terms of how we move forward, and ensuring that going forward, we are able to meet our obligations. But like the Vice President has said, the matter has been settled.”
WAFCON will be staged in Morocco from 5-26 July 2025.
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